2 dead 1 injured in Lamar triple shooting Saturday afternoon, suspect also dead

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- A man and woman are dead and another woman was sent to the hospital after a triple shooting off South Second Street in Lamar Saturday, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.

Lamar police responded to the 700 Block of Mullen Street just before 2 p.m. Saturday for the report of a shooting. They found a man and two women with gunshot wounds upon arrival, one of the women and the man died on scene. The other woman was taken to the hospital but her condition is unknown.

Lamar police were able to obtain a description of a possible suspect vehicle that fled the scene and sent out a BOLO. A Granada police officer found the car, and law enforcement officers from the Granada Police Department, the Prowers County Sheriff's Office, Colorado State Patrol, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife pursued the suspect after he fled in eastern Prowers County.

Officers from the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office in Kansas attempted to immobilize the vehicle but the suspect continued to flee and eventually stopped in a field near Holly, close to the Colorado/Kansas state border.

The suspect exited the vehicle and used a gun to take his own life. No shots were fired by law enforcement.

The Lamar Police Department, with the assistance of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI), is actively investigating the incident.