This week, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Wildland Fire Unit will assist the Pike-San Isabel Forest & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands Pikes Peak Ranger District in conducting a prescribed burn in the Monument Fire Center area, 1.5 miles west of Monument, Colorado, in northern E

On June 4, 2024, at approximately 10:00 am, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center received a call reporting an ongoing disturbance between several adults in the 4300 block of Chamberlin S, in unincorporated El Paso County.

On Sunday, June 9, 2024, at approximately 2:35 AM, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office was notified of an officer-involved shooting involving officers from the Colorado Springs Police Department The incident occurred near E. Colorado Ave. and S. Nevada Ave. in downtown Colorado Springs.

On December 31, 2023, deputies received information of the potential presence of Fentanyl at the El Paso County Jail.  Deputies located and recovered the drugs before it could be ingested.  El Paso County Sheriff’s Office detectives responded and continued the investigation.

On May 8, 2024, deputies investigated a string of business burglaries in the 6000 block of Bismark Road in unincorporated El Paso County.

At approximately 7:33 p.m., a 911 call came into the El Paso County regional communications center where the reporting party stated there had been shots fired in a residence in the 10000 block of Abrams Drive in Lorson Ranch.

On May 21, 2024, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Investigations Division and CSPD TEU arrested 40-year-old Adam Turner on multiple felony charges related to a year-long mail theft operation which impacted the Meridian Ranch and Woodmen Hills neighborhoods in El Paso County.

As the lead investigating agency, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office provides the following additional information to the original media release from the Colorado Springs Police Department:

On May 16, 2024, at about 9:07 a.m., the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office responded to a welfare check request in the 500 block of Cottonwood Dr. in unincorporated El Paso County. Upon arrival, deputies located two deceased adults, one male and one female.

On May 16, 2024, at 10:28 a.m., the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center received a 911 call reporting a shooting had occurred in the 6000 block of Chantilly Pl, in unincorporated El Paso County.  Multiple callers reported 6-10 shots fired in the area.