Police chase ends with suspect shot in Teller County
UPDATE: Colorado Springs police are investigating a shooting involving police and deputies. This follows reports of a deputy and an officer being attacked following a police chase off Highway 67 Sunday night.
Highway 67 reopened around 8:30 Monday morning after being closed for several hours. The only visible damage was to a guardrail the suspect crashed into.
“It’s sad and it’s shocking,” said Les-Lee Clark, a neighbor living nearby. “Sadly there are those people that can’t get it together.”
The suspect was shot and immediately sent to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The Teller County deputy and the Cripple Creek police officer also sustained non-life threatening injuries and are currently being treated at a local hospital.
“I was devastated because it’s Cripple Creek, it’s not really a big town,” said Brittany Vonkamp, a neighbor who lives down the street from the scene.
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Teller County sheriff’s deputies and Cripple Creek Police officers responded to a suspicious person call on the 1200 block of Highway 67, just after 8:00 p.m. Sunday. When they arrived, a man immediately sped off in his vehicle and a chase began.
A short time later, the man crashed his vehicle at mile marker 51. When deputies and officers approached him, the suspect attacked them. At least one shot was fired, striking the suspect.
The man was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. During the attack, a Teller County deputy and a Cripple Creek Police officer received non-life threatening injuries and were also taken to a hospital.
Highway 67 was closed at mile marker 51 and didn’t reopen until 8:30 a.m.
The Deadly Force Investigation Team from the Colorado Springs Police Department is leading the investigation. The officers and deputies involved in this incident are now on routine administrative leave.
If you have any information on this incident, call the Colorado Springs Police Department at 719-444-7000, or the Crime Stoppers tip line at 719-634-STOP (7867).
