Tag: pueblo police department
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Person shot, killed by Pueblo police following alleged fight in city park
Pueblo police shot and killed a suspect who reportedly brandished a gun as officers approached a van, according to a news release by the department. Officers responded to Drew Dix Park at 12:18 a.m. Thursday after receiving reports of a “fight with weapons,” police said. Three people fled in a van before officers arrived. Police…
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UPDATE: Victim identified in fatal hit-and-run in Pueblo
The authorities identified the man killed in a hit-and-run crash Tuesday in Pueblo as 39-year-old Kevin A. Martinez. Officers were called shortly before 10:30 p.m. to Routt and Baystate avenues, where they found Martinez lying in the road, police said. He was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to police. The…
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1 injured in shooting in southwest Pueblo
Pueblo police are investigating a shooting that injured one person in the 3000 block of West Northern Avenue around 6:50 p.m. Thursday, according to a release by the department. Officers located everyone involved in the shooting, but there was no word of an arrest. The victim was taken to a hospital in stable condition, and…
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Pueblo police investigating death as murder-suicide
Two people died in shootings in the 3300 block of Alturas Drive on Wednesday morning, according to Pueblo police. When officers arrived at the address on the city’s southwest side they found a deceased female and an injured male, who later died of his injuries. Police said they are investigating the matter as a “homicide-suicide,”…
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8-acre fire under control along Fountain Creek near Pueblo Mall
Multiple fire agencies began mopping up an 8-acre fire along Fountain Creek on Wednesday, approximately three hours after it began, the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office posted on social media. As of 4:30 p.m., the Target fire was 65% contained, according to a social media post by the Sheriff’s Office. Heavy smoke was visible from the…
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Man arrested after shooting in Pueblo parking lot injures 1
Pueblo police arrested 20-year-old Antoni Sandoval after an argument turned into a shooting Thursday, according to a news release by the department. Sandoval is accused of shooting another man following an argument while the pair were walking to their vehicles in a parking lot in the 4200 block of Dillon Drive, the address for the…
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Dispute between Pueblo families leads to shooting, arrest of man
Pueblo police arrested a man in connection with a shooting that injured another man following a dispute between neighboring families on Wednesday, according to a news release by the department. Officers were sent around 5:45 a.m. to the 1700 block of East 10th Street after a report of a shooting and found a man with…
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UPDATE: Interstate 25 reopens after truck crash in Pueblo
UPDATE: Pueblo police announced Wednesday morning that all lanes of Interstate 25 are open after a rollover crash involving a semitrailer carrying diesel. — Northbound and southbound Interstate 25 in Pueblo remained closed into Tuesday evening after a semitrailer carrying diesel fuel was involved in a rollover crash, according to a social media post by…
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Body found in Arkansas River near downtown Pueblo
Pueblo police are investigating after a body was found Monday afternoon in the Arkansas River near the city’s downtown area, according to a news release. Officers responded around 1:47 p.m. to the 1100 block of West 4th Street after a report of a body in the water. The person’s identity will be released by the…
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Missing teenager last seen in Nevada may be in Pueblo
Pueblo police believe a teenager last seen on March 6 in Fallon, Nev., “may possibly” be in the area, according to a missing Indigenous person alert issued on Thursday. Manaya Hicks was last seen wearing a black hoodie before her disappearance. She is 5-foot-9, 180 pounds and has brown hair, hazel eyes and a tattoo…