A police officer and a suspect were wounded Monday afternoon in a Colorado Springs shooting, according to the department.
The first posted about the shooting in the 2600 block of East Bijou Street in East Colorado Springs at 2:48 p.m. Monday.
About 1:30 p.m. Monday, the police’s tactical enforcement unit and the Colorado Parole Fugitive Apprehension Unit were in the area of East Bijou Street and Balfour Avenue conducting a “fugitive apprehension operation,” police said. After the operation, officers contacted a suspicious man in the same area, police said. The man ran away, took out a handgun and a shot an officer, police said. Two officers then returned fire, shooting the suspect.
The suspect and the officer were taken to a hospital. The officer sustained serious gunshot wound that was not life-threatening, police said. The suspect was in critical condition.
The identity of the wounded officer and the suspect were not being released, police said. The El Paso County sheriff’s office is investigating.
It was the second Colorado Springs police shooting in three days.
A woman was shot and injured Saturday night by Colorado Springs officers near Delaware and Marion drives after she ran from police, was able to get into a police cruiser and reached for a shotgun, police said.
Paramedics took the woman to a hospital, and she was expected to survive, police said.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
