UPDATE: Dougherty Siblings Now in Pueblo County Jail

A trio of siblings wanted in connection with a crime spree that began last week in Florida and continued into Georgia was booked into the Pueblo County jail Wednesday evening.

The trio were taken from the Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center to the Pueblo County about 6 p.m., said the Colorado State Patrol. The three were transported in a caravan of law enforcement vehicles.

The State Patrol said the trio were captured after a short pursuit in the Walsenburg area about 9:45 a.m. It ended when their car crashed 20 miles later. Two were taken into custody immediately and the third was caught about 10 minutes later.

Southbound Interstate 25 at Walsenburg was closed for most of the day, but as of 5:30 p.m. Wednesday traffic resumed as normal.

The Colorado Springs Police Department said it received a report Tuesday afternoon that what police are calling the Dougherty Gang — a stripper and her two heavily armed brothers — might have been spotted in the area of Woodmen Road and Interstate 25.

Investigators believe the trio may have purchased a tent at an REI sporting goods store at 1376 E. Woodmen Rd. in Colorado Springs about 1:30 p.m. The FBI did not say if surveillance video from REI helped identify the trio as being in the store.

The original sighting was called in by a customer in the parking lot of the store.

Ryan Dougherty, 21, sister Lee Grace E. Dougherty, 29, and half-brother Dylan Dougherty Stanley, 26, have been on the run for a week, police said, after shooting at a Florida police officer attempting to pull over their white Subaru Impreza for speeding. A few hours later, they robbed a bank in Georgia, police said.

A witness tells KRDO NewsChannel 13 there were shots fired and an ambulance was called in the Wednesday incident. Authorities later confirmed that the Dougherty sister was shot in the leg or hip by an unidentified Walsenburg police officer after the crash. Her wound is not serious, authorities said.

Pueblo County Sheriff Kirk Taylor has released new details on how his deputies first spotted the vehicle.

The Sheriff’s Office was notified the suspects were spotted in Canon City on Tuesday evening and that the three were buying camping equipment at the Walmart, said Taylor.

Another tip came in Wednesday morning that the car was spotted at a campsite in the San Isabel National Forest in Fremont County, said Taylor. While en route to check that out, a deputy spotted the car in the parking lot of a Subway Restaurant at Exit 74 on I-25, said Taylor. One person was in the car and two were in the restaurant, Taylor said.

Before backup could arrive, the other two suspects came out and got in the car and the car left heading south on I-25, said Taylor. At that time a high-speed chase began, during which shots were fired by the suspects as they were being chased, Taylor said. Authorities later said the officers, including three Patrol troopers and a sheriff’s deputy, did not return fire during the pursuit.

“We aren’t trained to fire from a moving vehicle,” said Lt. Col. Anthony Padilla of the Patrol. “That’s cops and robbers on TV. We’re not trained to do that, and we don’t engage in that. We’re still investigating whether any of the bullets stuck our vehicles.”

The car crashed at Mile Post 52 on the north side of Walsenburg and two suspects were arrested right away, said Taylor. One ran off but was captured a short time later, Taylor said.

All three suspects have what Taylor described as non-life-threatening injuries and once they are cleared medically they will be booked into the Pueblo County Jail, said Taylor. It remains unclear why the suspects came to Colorado.

“I don’t know that they knew anybody here, but I think that’s a great sociological question and research question for some student,” said Taylor. “We had the Texas 7 (escaped fugitives) who came up here. We didn’t know why that happened, either.”

What’s also unclear is what will happen next for the three siblings.

“The feds want them, Georgia wants them, Florida wants them,” Taylor said. “Quite frankly, the acute problem right now is they fired at sheriff’s deputies in Pueblo County as well as at state troopers. So I’m sure our D.A. Is going to want to have his day in court with them, as well.”

The federal and state bureaus of investigation, Huerfano County Sheriff’s Office and the state Department of Public Safety also are taking part in the investigation. Authorities continue to probe three separate crime scenes tied to the Doughertys.