Man fires gun near adult league soccer game, bystanders hold shooter down until police arrive

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- Around 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon, Colorado Springs Police (CSPD) say officers were dispatched on a report of multiple shots fired across the street from The Classical Academy Central Campus in the 1600 block of Springcrest Road.

Police say they received reports of a woman hiding while a man was shooting a gun. After that man, who police identified as 50-year-old James Hackler, fired all the rounds in his gun, citizens nearby grabbed him and held him down until police arrived.

There were no injuries in the incident and CSPD officers took Hackler into custody. Police say Hackler was intoxicated and struggling with a mental crisis at the time of the incident.

Hackler was cleared at a local hospital and then booked on "appropriate charges" in the El Paso County Criminal Justice Center.

The incident took place across the street from the school where an adult men's league soccer game was happening.