Overview
- Officers responded around 10 p.m. Saturday to reports of a man chasing a woman and a possible gun in the 1200 block of Delaware Drive.
- Police say they found a woman with a knife who ran, ignored commands, and discarded the knife during a foot chase.
- According to the department, the woman entered a parked patrol vehicle, refused to exit, and reached for a duty shotgun inside the cruiser.
- One officer fired a single shot, officers rendered aid at the scene, and the woman was hospitalized in serious but stable condition and is expected to survive.
- The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is leading the investigation under state law, and CSPD plans a significant event briefing within 21 days.