On November 19, 2021, just prior to 6:00 a.m., a resident in the 5000 block of South Highway 85/87 called 911 to report a man was at the front door bleeding heavily. When deputies arrived on scene, they located an adult man with a gunshot wound to his face.

Medical personnel were summoned to the scene and subsequently transported the victim to a local hospital in critical condition and was later released from the hospital. Prior to being transported, deputies were able to determine the man was likely shot in the area of Coventry Drive and South Academy Boulevard which is in an unincorporated portion of El Paso County.

Deputies immediately responded to that area and located evidence to corroborate the information the victim gave them. As such, El Paso County Sheriff's Office detectives responded and have taken over the investigation. They continue to work with our Patrol Division deputies to process the scene and work through the evidence to include developing suspect information.  

On November 20, 2021, detectives contacted a male who was inside a vehicle that had been shot at. They learned the male was parked in the area of Highway 85 near South Academy Boulevard around 2:00 a.m., when someone fired a weapon into the vehicle. The male received an injury to his arm as a result of the shooting. 

On November 21, 2021, a juvenile was arrested for a charge of Possession of a Weapon by a Previous Offender. 

After further investigation, on November 23, 2021, the same juvenile was charged with Attempted Murder for the first shooting and today, November 29, 2021, was charged with Attempted Murder for the 2nd shooting.  

Anyone with information on these cases are urged to contact the El Paso County Sheriff's Office Tip Line at 719-520-6666.