FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Officers shot an armed man who was threatening a woman with two children near the Colorado State University campus Wednesday afternoon, according to police.
Fort Collins Police Services said at around 1:20 p.m., officers were dispatched to a call about a man who had dropped a handgun near the intersection of West Elizabeth Street and South Shields Street.
It was reported that the man, identified as 32-year-old Colten Sirio, picked the gun back up and kept walking, police said. When officers got there, they found Sirio still armed with the gun and "behaving in a threatening manner" toward a woman who was pushing two small children in a stroller near the intersection of Springfield Drive and Southridge Drive, according to police. That's just west of the CSU campus.
The Larimer County Sheriff's Office said Friday that officers recognized Sirio as a wanted suspect with a felony warrant on charges of possession of a weapon by a previous offender, theft, criminal mischief and domestic violence, police said.
The sheriff's office said Sirio refused to follow officers' commands and walked away with the woman and children. That's when one officer fired their weapon, striking Sirio. He was taken to the hospital. No one else was injured.
The sheriff's office said Sirio knew the woman and children.
Sirio was released from the hospital on Friday and booked into the Larimer County Jail on his warrant as well as the following charges:
- First-degree kidnapping (three counts)
- Second-degree kidnapping (three counts)
- Menacing (three counts)
- Possession of a weapon by a previous offender
The 8th Judicial District Critical Incident Response team is investigating the shooting.
Anyone with information about Sirio is asked to call Larimer County Sheriff's Office Investigator Ryan Adams at 970-498-5174.
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