Man shot by Monument officer after 50-mile police chase on I-25

A person suspected of stealing a truck was shot by police after allegedly main regulation enforcement on a chase of greater than 50 miles down Interstate 25.

The person, whose identification has not been launched, shot at regulation enforcement an unknown variety of occasions after driving off the street right into a Pueblo County subject, investigators stated. One Monument police officer shot again, wounding the suspect.

Monument law enforcement officials in El Paso County responded about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday to experiences of a pickup stolen on the town, based on a information launch from the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office.

Police adopted the stolen truck onto I-25 and chased it south, towards Colorado Springs, sheriff’s officers stated.

State troopers realized of the stolen automobile and chase about 3:45 p.m. Tuesday and, minutes later, had an plane following the truck because it sped down I-25, based on the discharge.

The motive force exited the freeway close to Pueblo and fired no less than as soon as on the group of regulation enforcement officers following the truck, sheriff’s officers stated.

Pueblo County deputies joined the chase after the driving force left the freeway. Shortly after, the driving force drove off the street right into a subject close to Purcell Boulevard and Fairbanks Drive, based on the sheriff’s workplace.

The truck stalled within the subject, and the suspect shot a number of extra occasions at regulation enforcement, sheriff’s officers stated.

A Monument police officer, who had adopted the suspect from the start, returned hearth and shot the person an unknown variety of occasions, based on Pueblo County sheriff’s officers. Not less than one bullet hit the suspect, and he was taken to a Colorado Springs hospital by helicopter.