Colorado Springs police have identified a 37-year-old homeless man as the person who was fatally shot inside a home early Thursday morning in what may have been a “make-my-day” scenario.
Donald Wayne Russell was shot inside a three-story home in the 200 block of North Wahsatch Avenue that had been converted to apartments, according to a news release by Lt. Howard Black, Colorado Springs police spokesman.
The cause of death was determined to be a gunshot wound, according to an autopsy by the El Paso County Coroner’s Office.
The manner of death has been ruled a homicide.
The circumstances of the shooting remains an active investigation.
Black has said that police are investigating whether the tenant who shot Russell was protecting his home in a make-my-day scenario. No charges will be filed if it is deemed such a case.
The name of the tenant has not been released. No charges have been filed against the man.
