Shelter-in-place lifted in northwest Colorado Springs, police take barricaded woman into custody
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) arrested a woman after an eight-hour standoff that caused a shelter-in-place for neighbors in northwest Colorado Springs early Tuesday morning.
“All of the sudden, just massive squad cars. More police cars than I’ve seen in one location than anywhere," Neighbor Ryan Nelson said.
Just before 9 a.m., police took 51-year-old Amy Scheppach into custody and lifted the shelter-in-place.
CSPD said it was responding to a call for service around 12:30 a.m., when they found Scheppach at her home. An officer on scene realized she had multiple warrants for her arrest and attempted to take her into custody. That's when CSPD said she refused to exit the residence and barricaded herself inside. Police said she made threats towards the officers, saying she'd shoot anyone who came through the door.
KRDO13's Bradley Davis spoke to multiple neighbors who had known Scheppach for years. They said she had acted erratically lately, and they were concerned for her well-being.
“Because of something that probably just started as a simple reaction of fear, it just turned into so much more," neighbor Elliot Nelson said.
The department issued the shelter-in-place order around 4:30 a.m. while they worked to get Scheppach out of the home peacefully. The order applied to the area surrounding the 1000 block of Hans Brinker Street, which sits just southwest of I-25 and Garden of the Gods Road.
The department said officers quickly obtained a search warrant for the residence before requesting assistance from the Tactical Enforcement Unit, K9 Unit, Real Time Crime Center (RTCC), and Explosive Ordinance Disposal Unit to execute the warrants.
KRDO13 crews watched police send in K-9 units, robots, drones and tactical units in full gear, some wearing gas masks. Neighbors also told our crews they watched police shoot a canister of something into the home.
A final tactical unit breached the home just before 8 a.m. About an hour later, they came out with Scheppach in custody. She walked out mostly under her own power before collapsing to the sidewalk. Police and emergency crews loaded her into an ambulance and started to clear the scene.
This is a developing story and may be updated as we learn more.
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