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A man was fatally shot late Tuesday night during a botched burglary at a Colorado Springs home, police say.
The name of the deceased person has not been released.
Although authorities did not say whether the dead man was the burglar, they did indicate that the threat to the community was over.
Colorado Springs police were called at 10 p.m. about a burglary in progress at a home on the 400 block of West St. Vrain Street, according to a Colorado Springs police report.
Before police arrived a witness reported shots fired. When police arrived they found a dead man with apparent bullet wounds.
Detectives from the police department’s Violent Crimes Unit are the case.
Kirk Mitchell: 303-954-1206, kmitchell@denverpost.com or @kirkmitchell or
