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• Extra security in place at county buildings in Colorado Springs after alleged harassment Play Video

  February 8, 2013 1:10 AM

  There is heightened security at El Paso County office buildings across Colorado Springs. On Friday 25-year-old Jessica Tuckness and 35-year-old Burnest Johnson went to the Department of Human Services office after hours, wanting to speak to a case worker about a child custody case. A security guard informed them... more »

• Man fires gun outside of Colorado Springs party

  May 19, 2012 11:10 AM

  Gunshots outside of a party in Colorado Springs early Saturday morning cause damage to a car and have police searching for the shooter. Police were called to the 4400 block of Melville Circle around 1:30 a.m. They say a man showed up to a party in the area and... more »

• Victim riding bicycle shot in knee

  April 12, 2012 6:37 PM

  Police say some men were riding bicycles westbound near the intersection of Murray and Chelton Thursday afternoon when someone in a white SUV fired a single round striking one of the men in the knee. If someone was in this area at this time and has information about the... more »

• UPDATE: Men identified in Springs police chase Play Video

  April 8, 2012 12:31 AM

  Police have identified the three men arrested in this morning's shoot-out and high-speed chase as Travis Broadway, 21, Michael Peyton, 20, and Parice Daily, 23. All three face charges of attempted murder of a police officr, attempted robbery, and felony vehicular eluding. CSPD chased the men for more than... more »

• Police find gunman dead in Illinois shooting

  November 17, 2011 12:13 PM

  Police in Bedford Park, Illinois say a gunman who opened fire inside a suburban Chicago FedEx sort facility has killed himself. At around 8 a.m. 911 calls poured in to police reporting shots being fired following a domestic disturbance at the Bedford Park FedEx facility. After Bedford Park... more »

• Possible shots fired at White House

  November 12, 2011 7:31 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Authorities are investigating a report that gunshots were fired in the vicinity of The White House. Sgt. David Schlosser of the U.S. Park Police said Friday evening that the agency received a report of shots fired near 16th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, between The White... more »

• Man with gun taken in to custody

  September 22, 2011 4:20 PM

  A man with a gun was taken in to custody at an apartment complex on Mountview and Mallow. Shots were fired in the apartment. Police tell us he tried to escape out of the back of the complex. Police took him down and in to custody. He did have a... more »

• Police searching a Cragmor apartment complex after a shots fired call

  September 22, 2011 3:44 PM

  Colorado Springs Police are searching an apartment complex building in the 800 block of Westmoreland Rd in the Cragmor neighborhood after originally responding to a shots fired call. News 5 has a crew at the scene. more »

• Cell phone in woman's pocket stops bullet

  August 27, 2011 12:27 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A cell phone in the back pocket of a Colorado Springs woman's pants appears to have stopped a bullet. Police say that a shooting Friday night in a Colorado Springs apartment complex did not hurt anyone - but a woman said her phone was... more »

• Man arrested for threatening parents with shot gun

  August 20, 2011 11:20 AM

  Fountain police have arrested a man who they say fired a shot gun in his home and again at a passing car. Michael Townsend Jones, 29, is in custody on felony menacing, assault and weapons charges. According to a new department news release, officers believe Jones had been drinking... more »

• Reports of shots fired lead to attempted break in

  April 30, 2011 1:06 PM

  Officers from the Colorado Springs Police Department responded to reports of possible shots fired in the 1300 block of N. Academy at around 3:20 am Saturday morning. The initial report described three or four shots being fired. When witnesses looked out of their windows, they reported two males running north... more »

• Police investigate shots fired at local bar

  April 23, 2011 3:15 PM

  The Pueblo Police Department is investigating reports of shots being fired late Thursday night outside of Sir Robert's Bar and Lounge. Police state that witnesses tell them that at least 10 shots were fired into the air and officers later investigating the scene found at least 10 spent rounds from... more »

• Man shot and killed by Springs Police

  April 22, 2011 6:18 PM

  A Colorado Springs police officer is on routine paid administrative leave after shooting and killing a man Friday morning. It happened in the backyard home on Auburn Drive, near Constitution Ave. and North Chelton Road. Neighbors who spoke to News First 5 say they heard the gun shots Friday... more »

• Shots fired; victim shows up at Memorial Hospital

  April 19, 2011 3:11 PM

  Police in Colorado Springs are investigating a shooting. There were reports of gun shots at Monterey and Shasta just before 1 p.m. Then someone showed up at Memorial Hospital with a gunshot wound to the back. No word on how bad the victim is. We'll bring you more here... more »

• A close call when weapon fires through apartment walls accidentally

  March 19, 2011 6:54 PM

  Following multiple reports of shots fired around 1:45 Saturday afternoon, officers from the Falcon Division of the Colorado Springs Police Department responded to an apartment located at 4645 Spring Canyon Heights. When officers arrived they investigated what was later determined to be an accidental discharge of a .45 caliber handgun.... more »

• New Orleans police: 5 teens shot in bar, 1 dead

  March 13, 2011 12:02 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Police say a gunman apparently opened fire on teenagers attending a party in a New Orleans bar and fled, leaving one 18-year-old man dead and four other teens wounded. Police said early Sunday a 16-year-old girl was in critical condition and two other girls ages... more »

• Pueblo County Sherrif's Office investigating shots fired at home

  January 22, 2011 2:40 PM

  The Pueblo County Sheriff's Office is investigating what appears to be a possible drive by shooting that took place at approximately 11:00pm Friday night. Deputies were called to the 1600 block of San Pedro St. located in the Salt Creek community of East Pueblo County following calls of multiple shots... more »

• Gunman fires on police during stand-off in Lakewood

  January 8, 2011 12:52 PM

  LAKEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - Police say they're have arrested a gunman after he fired on officers and holed up in a Lakewood home for more than five hours with a woman and three young children. The Lakewood police dispatch office says the man opened fire shortly after police arrived... more »

• Police investigate shooting in Briargate

  January 8, 2011 11:14 AM

  Colorado Springs Police are investigating a shooting in Briargate involving two vehicles. It happened on Cherry Plum Drive near the intersection of Briargate Parkway and North Union Boulevard at around 7:38 p.m. Friday night. Officers say that the driver of a red pickup truck allegedly fired several shots at... more »

• Jewelery store robbery thwarted by armed store owner

  December 24, 2010 10:23 AM

  Colorado Springs Officers from the Stetson Hills Division were called to McNulty's Jewelry Store located at 7603 N. Union Boulevard to initially investigate a report of an argument between two people. When police arrived they discovered that an attempted robbery had taken place. An unidentified caucasian male wearing a... more »

• Pentagon locked down after 'possible shots fired'

  October 19, 2010 12:05 PM

  Pentagon entrances were locked down early Tuesday after a report of possible shots fired near the building. Major Chris Perrine, a Pentagon spokesman, says a civilian reported he may have heard shots at about 5 a.m. EDT on the south side of the massive Defense Department headquarters. Perrine... more »

• EPC deputies looking for Security home invasion suspects

  August 8, 2010 8:03 PM

  El Paso County Sheriff's deputies are looking for two men they say broke into the garage of a home on Dix Circle, Sunday morning in Security. They met the homeowner, wide awake and armed, around 2:30 a.m. "The homeowner was armed with a weapon and did fire a couple... more »

• Man arrested after reporting shots fired at him

  April 10, 2010 1:00 PM

  On Friday night, Colorado Springs Police Officers went to investigate a residence in the 300 block of Audubon Drive on a report of shots fired. The reporting party called dispatch and said that someone had shot at him. When Springs Officers arrived at the residents, they contacted the reporting... more »

• Weekend shooting in El Paso County

  March 28, 2010 7:53 AM

  El Paso County Sheriff's deputies are looking into shots fired, east of Colorado Springs, where two people were shot. Both victims, in their twenties, were taken to a local hospital in private vehicles. Lt. Lari Sevene with the El Paso County Sheriff's Office said at the scene that one... more »

• CSPD: Shot fired in burglary case

  February 3, 2010 4:49 PM

  Colorado Springs Police are reporting that shots were fired by at least one officer Wednesday afternoon during an alleged burglary. Police responded to a burglary-in-progress call in the 3300 block of Beechwood Dr. No one was injured. Two suspects are in custody. more »