Author: Cleo Westin cleo.westin@gazettedev.gazette.com
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Two children missing, likely together, in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs police are searching for two children who are believed to be together and attempting to “avoid being found,” according to a post on social media by the department. Giuliano Hurtado, 13, and Lilyana Norris, 12, were last seen Thursday around 5:30 p.m. at a Panera Bread in the 1800 block of Briargate Parkway.…
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Colorado Springs police summon 26 after allegedly street racing, ‘taking over’ parking lot
Officers stopped over 20 vehicles that allegedly were street racing and conducting a “takeover” of a parking lot, according to a blotter entry by the Colorado Springs Police Department on Wednesday. Officers made contact with the vehicles in a lot in the 2700 block of Palmer Park Boulevard on Saturday, leading to 26 people being…
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Crane operator dies while trapped in equipment near Colorado Springs Airport
The Colorado Springs Fire Department said a crane operator died after being trapped in equipment at a construction site near the city’s airport Tuesday morning. According to fire officials, heavy rescue crews began performing a recovery operation around 8:30 a.m. near the Northrop Grumman aerospace building, located by the intersection of Peak Innovation Parkway and…
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Student allegedly threatens peer with loaded gun in Sierra High School restroom
Colorado Springs police arrested a student at Sierra High School who reportedly threatened another student in one of the school’s restrooms on Monday, according to a blotter entry by Colorado Springs police. The school resource officer later contacted the student and found a loaded .380 cal handgun during a “frisk.” The student was taken into…
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14-year-old boy missing in Security-Widefield area
The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is searching for 14-year-old Donald, who was last seen near his home on Wainwright Drive in Security-Widefield on Monday afternoon, the Sheriff’s Office posted on social media. Donald is 5-foot, 130 pounds and has brown hair and eyes. He was last wearing a green shirt, black shorts and green…
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House fire in Colorado Springs displaces 2
Colorado Springs firefighters put out a fire at a home that began on the first floor on Monday, displacing two people, according to the department. The fire in the 600 block of Lynn Avenue was reported to be under control about 20 minutes after CSFD first posted about it on social media. No one was…
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Colorado Springs funeral home improperly stored bodies, placed on probation
The Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies has reprimanded the Evergreen Funeral Home in Colorado Springs for improperly storing bodies with an order for 12 months of probation, its order shows. The agency’s investigation began after an anonymous tip was submitted on Jan. 20, leading regulatory officials to find more human remains than “capable of storing”…
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Alleged drug deal led police to stop man before trading fire, killing him, body cam shows
Limited body-camera footage released Friday from a fatal officer-involved shooting on April 4 revealed that at least one of the three Colorado Springs police officers on the scene questioned whether or not the victim fired his gun. The three officers tried to stop a man, Benjamin Greenfield, 40, for an alleged drug deal inside a…
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‘I don’t believe you’: Judge, man argue during sentencing for orchestrating ‘horrific’ assaults
A man accused of orchestrating several nearly fatal assaults interrupted and argued with a 4th Judicial District judge as she sentenced him to 45 years in the Department of Corrections on Friday in an El Paso County courtroom. Shemor Mitchell, 37, and several other co-defendants are most notably accused of beating a man at his…
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Man, 22, identified as victim of fourth Colorado Springs homicide in 2026
Colorado Springs police on Thursday identified the victim of a homicide on April 17 as 22-year-old Marley Day. Danna Corral-Montelongo, 23, is accused of shooting Day in the torso during a disturbance just after 11:30 p.m. in the 1500 block of East Buena Ventura Street near the Patty Jewett Golf Course, police said. Police arrested…