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Springs police ID victim fatally shot outside liquor store

The Colorado Springs Police Department has identified the 35-year-old who was fatally shot in Colorado Springs on Sunday.

Shawnee Tapia suffered a gunshot wound outside a liquor store in the 3800 block of Astrozon Boulevard just before 8 p.m. on January 7. He was rushed to the hospital where he died from his injury.

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Police say the man below is a person of interest in the homicide:

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Anyone with information or is a witness to this investigation is asked to call the Colorado Springs Police Department at (719) 444-7000; or if you wish to remain anonymous, you may call Crime Stoppers Tip Line at (719) 634-STOP (7867) or 1-800-222-8477.

Tapia is the second homicide investigated by the Colorado Springs Police Department for 2018.

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