Police: Fight leads to shooting outside Colorado Springs Walgreens

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – Two people were injured after a fight at a west Colorado Springs shopping center devolved into a shooting Sunday afternoon.

Police swarmed the shopping center at Highway 24 and 31st Street starting at 1:30 p.m. after getting multiple reports of an active shooter at the Walgreens within the shopping center.

“When officers arrived on scene, they found one person in front of the store with a gunshot wound, and several people were reporting that possibly the suspect was in the store at the time,” said Colorado Springs Police Department spokesperson Ira Cronin.

The store was immediately locked down, as dozens of police and tactical teams descended on the scene to search for the gunman. 11 News was told no shots were fired at the time officers arrived.

“Patrol officers were able to make entry into the business. They were able to locate one person — we’re going to call them a witness at this time — who was sheltering in place inside the business, and we were able to bring that person safely out of the business,” Cronin said.

No one else was found inside the Walgreens, Cronin said.

As they worked to clear the Walgreens, police were alerted that a second gunshot victim had arrived at a local hospital. Both that victim and the one found outside the store had non-life-threatening injuries, Cronin said.

While the shooting is still under investigation, police believe it was an isolated incident between the two gunshot victims.

“We have an incident where it looks like a dispute between two individuals, so we really haven’t started to sort out who may have started it, who may have finished it,” Cronin said. “We do know multiple shots were fired at this location; several of them striking the business, but it all happened outside of the Walgreens.”

No officers or customers were injured.

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