An armed man suspected of breaking into vehicles in downtown Colorado Springs was fatally shot by police Monday afternoon, authorities said.
Colorado Springs Police Department officers responded to a parking lot near South Nevada and Colorado avenues at around 2:21 p.m. after someone called 911 about a man threatening someone with a gun and breaking into vehicles, the agency said on social media.
Officers found the man in a vehicle in the parking lot and were trying to arrest him when he got out of a vehicle with a gun.
At least one officer then shot the man, according to the department. Police started giving medical aid, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
No officers were injured and investigators found a gun at the scene, police officials said.
The man’s name will be released by the El Paso County Coroner’s Office and the shooting is being investigated by the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office.
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