Seven shot in two separate Colorado Springs shootings over the weekend
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- One man is dead and six others are injured after two shootings took place over the weekend in Colorado Springs.
Colorado Springs Police officers responded to the Babilonia Bar on East Platte Ave. late Friday night for a report of a shooting. When they got on the scene, officers found two people suffering from gunshot wounds. First responders took the two to a local hospital for treatment. Police also said they believed a third victim suffered a gunshot wound and fled the scene.
This is at least the third reported shooting at Babilonia Bar since the beginning of the year. A January shooting left two people injured, a February shooting left two people injured, and this latest May shooting brings the total of people shot near the bar to eight since the start of 2022.
Police believe that one or more shooters fired rounds into the bar in the May shooting before driving off Friday night. It does not appear that anyone is in custody in connection to that shooting.
A second shooting took place two miles away less than two hours later in the early morning hours on Saturday. Police responded to the 3800 nlock of East Pikes Peak Ave. to find one man shot. The man later died at the hospital. Officers found three other gunshot wound victims at the scene. All were women and all were taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
Colorado Springs Police said no one was arrested in connection to the East Pikes Peak Ave. shooting.
Officers ask the community to come forward if they know anything about either incident. It does not appear the two shootings are connected.
If you want to remain anonymous, you can report tips to Crime Stoppers of the Pikes Peak Region. If you report a tip, you'll be assigned a tip number and a code name. From there, if your tip leads to an arrest, that tip number will be posted online at the Crime Stoppers website. If you then head to a designated bank downtown and provide them with your code name, they will give you an envelope full of cash if a reward is associated with your tip.
"We know somebody has information about the crime or the fugitive that the police officer or the law enforcement doesn't have, we want them to share that," Crime Stoppers Chairman Don Addy said. "We provide that protection, so there's no retribution. They don't have to worry about being accused of being a snitch. None of that. No one will ever know."
To learn more about Crime Stoppers of the Pikes Peak Region, click here.
