Colorado Springs police converged on a residential area near Austin Bluffs Parkway on Friday morning after an officer-involved shooting left a suspect hospitalized. Police said the suspect was taken into custody and transported to a local hospital, and that no officers or community members were harmed in the incident.
The Colorado Springs Police Department said on social media that it was on the scene of a shooting in the area of Austin Bluffs Parkway and the 200 block of Shadow Ridge Grove, according to KRDO. KOAA News 5 also reported the scene as being near Shadow Ridge Grove.
KKTV reported that the scene was located at an apartment complex at the south end of the University Village shopping complex, per its own account of the police response. The station also reported that officers posted about the shooting on X around 8:56 a.m., placing it near Austin Bluffs Parkway and the 200 block of Shadow Ridge Grove.
No Immediate Danger, Police Say
Police said there was no known immediate danger in the area following the shooting, and they asked the public to avoid the location while officers worked the scene, the report states. Beyond confirming the suspect's custody and hospital transport, authorities have not released additional details about what led to the shooting.
KOAA News 5 described the incident as a developing story that would be updated as more information becomes available.
Second Shooting In Two Days
Friday's shooting marked the second officer-involved shooting in Colorado Springs in two days, according to KKTV. The first came early Thursday morning, when a woman was shot and killed by police in an incident tied to a reported robbery at a Circle K on Austin Bluffs Parkway near Meadowland Road, as reported by KRDO.
In that earlier case, officers had responded to a panic alarm going off at the convenience store and learned from an employee that a robbery had occurred, the station's report notes. Officers encountered the woman, who police said pointed a gun at them, leading at least one officer to fire a shot that struck and killed her. That shooting remains under investigation separately from Friday's incident.
