A man high on drugs, claiming to be God, ran at four officers in Colorado Springs early this morning before he was subdued and arrested, police said.
The incident happened about 3:40 a.m. at the Residence at Austin Bluffs, 4130 Morning Sun Ave., according to the Colorado Springs Police Department blotter.
Officers were sent to the apartments on a report of a burglary and encountered a man in a hallway who “charged towards them claiming to be God,” police said.
The man failed to comply with police orders. Officers used a stun gun to no effect. The man charged officers again and he was stunned a second time, the blotter reported.
The man tried to run away and was tackled in the hallway.
Police said the man had smoked psilocybin mushrooms, a hallucinogenic drug with similar effects to LSD, and the drugs gave him “unusual strength.”
The suspect, identified as Jorelle Antivo, 21, was taken to a local hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
“Only after medical intervention did he regain a calm demeanor,” according to the blotter.
Antivo was arrested on suspicion of obstructing a peace officer, police said. No officers were injured in the skirmish.
Kieran Nicholson: 303-954-1822 or knicholson@denverpost.com.
