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A HIGH SPEED CHASE ENDS WITH A SHOOT OUT THAT LEAVES THREE POLICE
OFFICERS INJURED AND THE SUSPECT DEAD.
THE INCIDENT BEGAN AROUND NINE O'CLOCK SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE FIRST AND
MAIN TOWN CENTER IN NORTHEAST COLORADO SPRINGS. WHEN IT WAS OVER, THREE
POLICE OFFICERS WERE INJURED.
THE SUSPECT LAY DEAD BESIDE HIS STOLEN GETAWAY CAR NEAR THE INTERSECTION
OF PLATTE AVENUE AND CHELTON ROAD.
POLICE SAY THREE OFFICERS SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. TWO FROM GUNSHOT
WOUNDS, AND ONE AFTER BEING STRUCK BY THE SUSPECT DURING AN APPARENT
CARJACKING.
BUT POLICE HAVEN'T CONFIRMED WHETHER THE SUSPECT DIED FROM THEIR GUNS, OR
BY HIS OWN HAND.
POLICE RECEIVED A CALL JUST BEFORE CLOSING AT A "BEST BUY" STORE
ON NEW CENTER POINT, THAT A MAN WHO APPARENTLY PASSED A FORGED CHECK HERE
EARLIER IN THE WEEK, WAS TRYING TO DO IT AGAIN. THREE SUSPECTS RAN FROM
THE STORE AND WHEN THE POLICE CONTACTED THEM, SHOTS WERE FIRED. OFFICERS
RETURNED FIRE IN THE SHOPPING CENTER FULL OF BYSTANDERS.
TWO MEN SAY THEY WERE DRIVING TO A NEARBY THEATRE WHEN THE SUSPECT SOUGHT
TO ESCAPE IN A STOLEN CAR.
POLICE SAY DURING A BRIEF CHASE, THE SUSPECT DID CARJACK A SECURITY
GUARD'S VEHICLE. THE HIGH-SPEED CHASE ENDED A FEW MILES WEST NEAR PLATTE
AND CHELTON.
POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT LEFT THE VEHICLE, AND WAS SHOT BY AN OFFICER DURING
A CONFRONTATION. THEY SAY THE SUSPECT DIED AT THE SCENE, BUT AREN'T SAYING
HOW.
AMONG THE EYEWITNESSES WERE THREE TEENAGERS WHO HELPED ONE OF THE INJURED
OFFICERS.
THE INCIDENT WILL BE INVESTIGATED BY MAJOR CRIMES AND THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEYS OFFICE.
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