Shootout in southern Colorado following chase
The suspect is facing multiple charges including attempted murder of a peace officer, assault, vehicular eluding, menacing and possession of a weapon by a previous offender.
ALAMOSA, Colo. (KKTV) - A suspect is in the hospital following a shootout involving authorities in southern Colorado.
KKTV 11 News reached out to the CBI Wednesday morning after learning about the incident. The CBI issued a news release just before 2 p.m. explaining the incident started just after midnight when an Alamosa Sheriff’s deputy tried to contact the driver of a red Ford Explorer who was allegedly driving carelessly in a Safeway Parking lot in Alamosa. The driver fled and a chase started.
“The driver drove over a grassy median into a residential area, where the driver then got of his SUV and ran on foot,” the CBI wrote in a news release. “An Alamosa Deputy verbally engaged an adult male in the 1200 block of 3rd St, later identified as Justin Claude Trujillo, DOB 7/24/1995. The male produced a handgun and fired at least one shot. All three deputies returned fire, striking Trujillo two times, once in the abdomen and once in the leg. Alamosa deputies provided medical intervention, and then took him into custody. Trujillo was transported to a local hospital and then transferred to a hospital in Colorado Springs, where he is in stable condition.”
The suspect is facing multiple charges including attempted murder of a peace officer, assault, vehicular eluding, menacing and possession of a weapon by a previous offender.
All three deputies involved were placed on administrative leave as the investigation continues.
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