Colorado Springs police involved in fatal shooting, crash overnight

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an incident Wednesday morning where a Colorado Springs Police officer shot and killed someone.

CSPD was responding to a burglary in progress when an officer shot and killed a robbery suspect who was yielding a knife, officials said.

The agency said the shooting happened southeast of downtown Colorado Springs in the 1700 block of Herd Street.

Also, south of downtown Colorado Springs, an officer hit and killed a pedestrian crossing a street overnight.

The Tuesday night crash happened on Nevada Avenue, near Las Vegas Street, police said.

The pedestrian was taken to the hospital, where they died.

Police are investigating many things, including the speed the officer was traveling. Witnesses at the scene told police the person who was killed was pushing a bike across the road and was reportedly not in a crosswalk.

The officer was in a patrol car and was uninjured in the collision.

Neither the officer nor pedestrian have been identified.

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