On Thursday, September 22, 2016, at approximately 8:13 PM, the Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center received several reports of shots fired in the 300 block of Loomis Avenue.  The reports stated the shots came from the area of Stratmoor Hills Elementary School and there were parties running from the area.

Deputies responded to the area and were able to contact a witness for this incident in the 4200 block of Loomis Avenue.  The witness stated he was in his backyard when he witnessed a shooting under a gazebo on the north side of the 1600 Block of Hampton South.  After the incident one of the parties jumped the fence and ran south on B Street towards Fort Carson.  The other involved parties ran into an apartment in the 1600 block of Hampton South. 

Deputies responded to the gazebo on the north side of the 1600 block of Hampton South.  Upon arrival they found blood spatter evidence and shell casings in that area. 

Through our investigation we learned a male party was drinking in the gazebo area when three black men approached him and one of the male parties pulled out a gun and tried to shoot him.  A struggle ensued and during the struggle the gun went off.   

The Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center then received calls from the front gate of Fort Carson stating they had a male party at their gate with apparent gunshot wounds.  The male party was taken to a local hospital and is being treated for non-life threatening injuries. 

The investigation then revealed the male party who was transported to a local hospital was the suspect in this case

The suspect has been identified as Ulysses Maples, DOB: 03/07/76.  He has been released from the hospital and booked into the Criminal Justice Center on the charges of Attempted First Degree Murder, Felony Menacing and Possession of a Weapon by a Previous Offender.

A mug shot of Maples is attached to this Media Release.