Police: Man Shot By Deputy In Colorado Springs Was Wielding Knife
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Colorado Springs police say a man shot and wounded by a sheriff's deputy in a Hobby Lobby was a knife-wielding escaped prisoner.
According to a statement from spokeswoman Lt. Catherine Buckley, the 48-year-old man, who was not identified, was being treated at a local hospital and in custody for a parole violation and escape Monday. Buckley added she could not say from which facility the man had escaped or give further details about Friday's shooting.
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The El Paso County deputy involved is on routine administrative leave and police violent crimes unit detectives are investigating.
Witnesses said they heard two shots, and then a third after a pause. They said they ran out of the store when they realized it was gunfire.
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