COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A suspect is in custody after one person was killed in a shooting outside the El Paso County Courthouse in downtown Colorado Springs Thursday morning, the Colorado Springs Police Department said.
Police said the shooting happened just after 10 a.m. in front of the courthouse on Tejon Street.
Police said this was not an active shooter situation and there is no threat to the community. They said the shooting "appears to be an isolated incident" and everyone involved has been accounted for. Police said the shooting did not happen inside the courthouse. A suspect was taken into custody immediately after the shooting, police said.
Police said their "investigation has determined there was a previous relationship between the shooter and the victim." It's unclear what that relationship was. It's also unclear if the shooting is related to a case in the courthouse.
The Colorado Springs Fire Department said two people were treated on the scene for minor injuries. It's unclear how those two people were injured, but police said they were not shot.
People were crying and shocked as police escorted them out of the El Paso County Court house in Colorado Springs.
“I saw these yellow tape and police cars everywhere, at that time there were firemen, and fire trucks, and ambulances lining even this road here,” said Dylon Nugent, who parked her car near the courthouse.
Nugent said she was scared when she came back to her car parked right out front.
“Here I am almost in the middle of a homicide,” Nugent said.
Cars parked in front of the courthouse were blocked off by caution tape until about 3:40 p.m. Thursday.
“I don’t know what’s next and if there’s a bullet hole in my car I can’t even get it, and I leave in three days,” Nugent said.
She’s heading back to Ireland. Nugent left Colorado Springs in 2020.
“We moved away because we got tired of all this, you know, and it’s so sad to come back for my first visit and here I am,” Nugent said.
This shooting comes just days shy of the one-year mark of the Club Q shooting less than five miles from here.
“I feel really sad by it, you know, the world is a sad place right now, there’s a lot going on,” Nugent said. “I hope we can all come together.”
The El Paso County Sheriff's Office said people who were in the courthouse at the time were released from the south entrance. The courthouse was closed for the remainder of the day. Colorado Courts said anyone with a court appearance there Thursday can call 719-452-5000 to reschedule.
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