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Colorado Springs police fatally shoot misdemeanor theft suspect armed with BB gun

Two officers tried to arrest Christopher Louis Willard

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Christopher Luis Willard
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Christopher Luis Willard
A 33-year-old misdemeanor theft suspect was , the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday.

Two officers tried to arrest Christopher Louis Willard near South Nevada Avenue and East Navajo Street on suspicion of theft of $50 to $300, court records show.

Willard “actively resisted the officers and began fighting with them,” the sheriff’s office said. He took out a Umarex Colt Defender CO2-powered BB pistol, and he was shot.

Willard died at a local hospital.

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