PEYTON, Colo.—A man who led police on a chase in eastern Colorado before dying of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound had had fled an El Paso County home where authorities discovered the bodies of two woman, authorities said.
The identities of the man and the women weren’t immediately released Tuesday.
Deputies were called to the home Monday afternoon in Peyton, 15 miles northeast of Colorado Springs, after a report of a shooting, said sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Joe Roybal. They discovered the bodies of the women inside.
A man fled the residence, driving east on Colorado 94 and north on Colorado 71, before crashing his vehicle in Lincoln County, Roybal said. The man apparently shot himself after the crash, Roybal said.
Marty Gunnell lives next to the home. He told The Gazette ( ) he was inside his house when deputies “started dragging out their assault rifles.”
“The next thing I know we’ve got a helicopter landing next door. It’s not often you have a helicopter land in Peyton,” he said.
Another neighbor, Katie Wood, said she came home to find officers blocking the road.
They let her through, she said. About 10 minutes later, while washing dishes, Wood said she looked out her kitchen window and saw three law enforcement officers running through the field with their guns drawn.
Moments later, she said, she saw a white Chevrolet Cavalier fleeing the scene and deputies chasing it.
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Information from: The Gazette,
