Shelter-in-Place Lifted After Police Search Near U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs

Overview

• Colorado Springs Police issued a shelter-in-place for the neighborhood bounded roughly from E Willamette Avenue to E Monument Street between Swope Avenue and Prairie Road and later lifted the order.
• Authorities told residents to stay inside their homes and away from doors and windows while officers conducted law-enforcement activity in the area.
• Police said the shelter order followed a tip that a suspect in a separate Sunset Road shooting had been seen near 300 Iowa Ave, and that two people from the Sunset Road incident were taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
• No arrests have been announced and police have not confirmed whether the tip about the suspect was accurate, leaving the investigation and public updates ongoing.
• Local outlets relied on a Peak Alerts map to define the affected area and noted the neighborhood’s proximity to the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center, but officials did not indicate the facility or its personnel were involved.