Author: Carlyn Ray Mitchell
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Months before shooting woman warned: ‘watch your back’
A year before she was killed after shooting her way into his apartment, Cristen Ann Cox pointed an unloaded gun at her partner’s head, and pulled the trigger. She told him she “just wanted to know what it felt like,” according to court documents.Richard Lynn Cox, 43, was granted a permanent restraining order against Cristen…
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Slain woman had restraining order against her
The woman killed early Saturday in northeast Colorado Springs apparently shot her way into the apartment of a man she’d had a relationship with and he shot her, Colorado Springs police said Monday. Cristen Ann Cox, 46, died from a single shot to her torso, the El Paso County coroner ruled. Her death is the…
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Person shot in Fort Carson robbery
One person was shot Monday night in an armed robbery at the Burger King on Fort Carson. The robbery took place around 8:15 p.m. Fort Carson police questioned and released one person, said Fort Carson spokesman Devin Fischer. The person shot was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Gates surrounding the post were…
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Arrest made in stabbing death of man found in Monument Creek
Salvador Jose Perez, 38, of Colorado Springs was arrested Thursday night on suspicion of killing Christopher Evan Allen, a 20-year-old whose body was found in Monument Creek on Monday. Police do not expect any more arrests in the case. Allen’s death was the 19th homicide in Colorado Springs this year. There since have been two…
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Quick opinions offered at wide-ranging debate
El Paso County Commissioner District 5 candidate Mike Merrifield painted his opponent Peggy Littleton as the status quo Wednesday night at a multi-candidate, multi-issue debate that offered quick-hit opinions on some contentious November ballot items. The event, put on the the Citizens Project and moderated by KOAA-NewsFirst 5’s Rob Quirk, ran the gammet, including county…
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Driver flees hit-and-run crash that injures 2
Police searching for driver in hit-and-run Two people were injured Thursday night after their car was hit by a red-light runner who then fled the scene on foot. Police are searching for the driver of a car that was westbound on Vickers Drive about 10:15 p.m. and ran the red light at Academy Boulevard, striking…
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Llama on the lam in Black Forest
Woody Woodbury has named the llama he has come within 5 feet of “Black Forest Betty.” Workers at Fox Run Park named the same llama “Black Betty” before she slipped through the fence in which they had her briefly contained. “Either way, she’s a Betty,” Woodbury said. Woodbury, owner of Colorado Country Alpacas, was alerted…
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Academy pays tribute to grads who died in Vietnam
Tears welled in Col. Patricia Blassie’s eyes as Ken Greene introduced himself as her late brother’s roommate in Vietnam. On May 11, 1972, two days after Greene moved out, 1st Lt. Michael Blassie’s plane was shot down about 60 miles north of Saigon. Blassie was one of 150 Air Force Academy graduates killed in Vietnam,…
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September hottest on record, October could follow
Skiers, consider this your fair warning: It’s gonna be a warm, dry season. Last month was the hottest September on record for Colorado Springs, and La Niña, the Pacific Ocean climatic phenomenon blamed for the heat wave, is predicted to continue through the fall and winter, said Mark Wankowski, meterologist with the National Weather Service…
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Dozens of laptops stolen from Springs college campus
More than 80 laptops were stolen from College of America overnight, a discovery made early Wednesday morning by school officials. The campus at 3645 Citadel Dr. was broken into and 50 Compaq and 30 Apple laptops were taken. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call the Police Department at 444-7000 or Crime…