COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – A law firm retained by the family of the victim in a murder-suicide alleges the Colorado Springs Police Department failed to respond in time to save his life. On Friday, June 2, police began investigating a shooting inside a car at a parking lot off S. Nevada Ave., between a
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The Colorado Springs Police Department has released the names of the two men found dead inside a car along S. Nevada Ave. on June 2. According to CSPD, officers were dispatched to the parking lot between Wendy’s and Taco Bel lat 2:09 p.m. to investigate a shooting. Once at the
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Police are looking for additional victims after a Monument licensed professional counselor was arrested for sexual assault. The Colorado Springs Police Department’s (CSPD) Domestic Violence/Adult Sexual Assault Unit (DVASA) began an investigation into 51-year-old Jeffery Erickson on April 3. Erickson is accused of being engaged in “illegal sexual conduct” with
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Multiple family members of victims of the Club Q tragedy have filed notice of claim, intent to sue documents with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. They claim that former Sheriff Bill Elder has refused to file red flag orders, legally known as extreme risk protection orders, under any circumstances.
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FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KRDO) – A man accused of murdering a woman last summer was sentenced to nearly 50 years in prison. On August 15, 2022, Fountain Police and detectives with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 9000 block of Squirrel Creek Rd. on reports of an overdose. At the scene, however, investigators
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The financial director of a Christian church in El Paso County is accused of stealing more than $341,000 from the church to buy various items for personal use like vacations, female undergarments, and even a personal vibrator, court documents say. Detectives discovered that between March 2018 and July 2022, the
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FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KRDO) –The 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office has now completed its review of an officer-involved shooting that occurred in Fountain, Colorado, and is now ruling the incident as justified. According to the DA’s Office, On November 20, 2022, a victim called 911 from her neighbor’s home in the 6000 block of Village Meadows
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Colorado Springs Police (CSPD) are still investigating a shooting that left two people dead off S. Nevada Ave. Friday afternoon. According to CSPD, the shooting happened on Friday at 1507 S. Nevada. Police said it happened in a parking lot near a Wendy’s and a Taco Bell. Investigators also said
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The family of an 18-year-old Falcon High School student is pleading for the public’s help in identifying a gray Ford F-250, which Colorado State Patrol (CSP) says fled the scene of a fatal accident on February 1, 2023. Joseph “Jojo” Wright was driving his motorcycle near Constitution Ave and Waynoka
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — An El Paso County deputy who works in the jail is the one facing criminal charges after allegedly pulling a gun on minors over a possibly stolen phone. According to the arrest affidavit, a student at a Colorado Springs school lost her phone during a physical education class at
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) is investigating a car theft after the driver tried ramming into a police car and then attempted to flee the scene. He is now arrested on several charges. The incident occurred on Tuesday, May 30, at around 3:30 p.m., when detectives with the Metro
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MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. (KRDO) — A fugitive on the run for six months after being charged with attempted murder and bonding out of the El Paso County jail was finally caught in Arizona. On May 17, the U.S. Marshal Service arrested Jerry Hoshour in Maricopa County, Arizona, for two outstanding warrants, including attempted murder and
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) is now opening up an investigation following an attempted robbery at a bank. The incident happened around 10:30 a.m. this morning on Tuesday, May 30, after CSPD received a call for service surrounding an attempted bank robbery at the 3700 Block of Bloomington Street.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The City of Colorado Springs is working on a new approach to handle the number of abandoned cars in neighborhoods. John Martinez, Code Enforcement Supervisor, and Mitch Hammes, Neighborhood Services Manager, will speak about the new initiative Tuesday, May 30, at 10 a.m., at the City Administration Building located at
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A federal judge is calling a Cuban national, who’s been indicted in Colorado on several bank fraud charges, a man of “very poor character.” Yasmany Guerra Pena, 34, is now being held without bond after the United States Secret Service say he orchestrated a ploy to steal people’s credit and
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – A motorcyclist is now in recovery at the hospital following a hit-and-run traffic crash on I-25. Colorado State Patrol (CSP) Troopers were called to the scene at approximately 2:44 p.m. on Monday, May 29, on reports of an accident Northbound on I-25 at mile marker 135 in a construction zone
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO)– On Sunday, 23-year-old Kevin Rued was arrested and charged with shooting and killing a woman in unincorporated El Paso County. At around 3 a.m. Sunday, El Paso County deputies responded to shots fired call at a 7-Eleven on B Street. When deputies arrived, they found a woman shot. First responders
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Police are searching for three suspects in an eastside Colorado Springs home invasion Thursday night. Investigators believe one of the suspects might be injured. Officers with the Colorado Springs Police Department were sent to a quiet, old neighborhood at the 1300 block of Cumberland St. for a home invasion Thursday
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A teen driver was arrested after being involved in a fatal February crash that left another teen dead. On February 5, officers with the Colorado Springs Police Department responded to the intersection of Palmer Park Blvd. and Academy Blvd. on reports of a crash. According to CSPD, a silver Audi
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Police Department responded to a barricaded suspect on the east side of the city Friday morning. According to CSPD, parole went to take someone into custody. That’s when the suspect ran into a residence in the 2900 block of Illinois Ave. At 12:23 p.m., the suspect surrendered
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