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Celeste Springer

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) says they are investigating a stabbing near a Circle K, located at 2715 W. Colorado Ave.

CSPD says a call came in around 8:36 a.m. The department says they are still searching for one suspect.

At the scene, a KRDO13 crew witnessed someone being loaded into an ambulance. CSPD confirmed one patient was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

A KRDO13 crew also saw police handling what appeared to be some sort of hand tool, but police couldn’t confirm if it was part of the investigation.

One man nearby said he had to weave through the crime scene to get to work.

“I looked at the gas station right down here, and there was more activity– police,” said Dan Jealouse.

Jealouse says it’s not uncommon to see police nearby.

“It’s a pretty active area,” he said.

As a local maintenance technician, Jealouse says he tries to stay out of the way of law enforcement as he works on different homes in the area.

“I  just kind of make sure I know what’s going on and stay alert. I don’t really get too worried about it. It just happens so often that you stay out of the way. And if the police are around you, go find something else to do in another part of the property,” explained Jealouse.

Some neighbors said that while they know they’re trying their best, they would love to see more police patrols in the area. They tell KRDO13 the Circle K gas station has become a hot spot for activity and think that a CSPD vehicle could be a helpful deterrent. We brought those asks to CSPD.

Our officers are aware of the high crimes areas in their sectors and do their best to do proactive patrols as much as possible but of course, have to make sure they’re responding to calls for service first and foremost. Based on resources, it would be hard to dedicate an officer to that specific place at all times, however we do offer options like Extra Duty officers for businesses that are interested. 

-A spokesperson for the Colorado Springs Police Department

CSPD has a neighborhood watch program where residents can connect and pass along crime and non-crime information. For details on how to get connected, click here.

However, other people told KRDO13 that despite the activity, they feel safe in the area. Some businesses say there has always been crime, and they don’t see an increase in any activity. Other homeowners in the area say they have seen more people milling about in the street, but other than that, they’re unbothered.

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Bradley Davis

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The newest Colorado Springs D1 Training franchise has committed to giving 13 local high school athletes free personal training for a year.

Co-owner Chris Carr said the NIL sponsorship focuses on local athletes who are committed to giving back to their community. Athletes from 13 local high schools across Colorado Springs, Fountain, Manitou Springs and Security-Widefield are eligable. Carr has extended the nomination deadline through June 30.

They are also offering free community classes every Saturday. Members get priority, but each additional spot is available for free for non-members on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Chris and his wife, AnneMarie, were collegiate athletes and are military veterans. Chris was in the Navy, and AnneMarie was a NICU nurse in the Air Force. The two offer the lowest membership training rates to military, firefighters and police.

The new D1 Training facility, located at 2225 Executive Circle, Suite 136, will host its grand opening on July 19. It is currently hosting classes and open for membership sign ups at its founders rate.

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Scott Harrison

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Major construction work on 8th Street that The Road Warrior first reported on last month began Monday morning.

The affected area is roughly a half-mile stretch between the US 24 Frontage Road and Motor City Drive, on the city’s southwest side.

However, the first of the project’s three phases will focus on the Fontage Road and the bridge over Fountain Creek.

According to a city release last week, both eastbound lanes of the Frontage Road will close, and northbound 8th Street drivers wanting to travel east on US 24 (Cimarron Street) will have to turn right at that intersection; it’s the previous route used by drivers before the Frontage Road was built several years ago.

But when the closure started at 9:30 a.m., a worker placing construction cones and barriers said that only part of the right lane of the Frontage Road was closed; The Road Warrior is waiting on a response for clarification from the city.

Drivers were allowed to turn right off 8th Street onto the left Frontage Road lane; predictably, traffic consistently backed up as far south as Lower Gold Camp Road.

Melissa Brocato, a taxi driver from Teller County, said that she noticed the long traffic line but was heading into it.

“My cab gets dirty a lot, and I have a membership at the Take Five car wash down the street,” she explained. “I was having second thoughts today, but I’ve got to keep my cab clean. I have to go through it.”

Also closing Monday were the Midland Trail bridge and the sidewalk on the east side of the Fountain Creek bridge on 8th Street; pedestrians and trail users will have to use the west sidewalk to cross the Fountain Creek bridge and connect to the trail.

The closures are part of the preparation for removing the east side trail bridge and sidewalk, and replacing them with a multi-use path or wider sidewalk; crews will also widen and perform maintenance on the Fountain Creek bridge.

“I think it’s needed because the bikes are getting a little ridiculous on the sidewalk,” said Brian Lynch, who was walking in the area Monday. “It’s not in everybody’s best interest to have to pivot around the bikes. It’ll also be disruptive to the homeless people who live under that bridge.”

Officials said that the creek bridge was built in 1951, and the maintenance work will extend its use for another 30 years.

A key component of the project is to add a second northbound lane for through traffic across the bridge; currently, the right lane becomes the turn lane for the Frontage Road, and traffic backs up during peak periods.

“This structure itself is in the top 10% of the most-traveled bridges within the city,” said Ryan Phipps, the city’s capital improvements manager. “So, this bridge sees a lot of traffic. And really, the emphasis is on modernization and safety.”

Officials said that except for the eastbound turn lane onto the Frontage Road, all other traffic lanes will remain open, although drivers should be prepared for occasional lane shifts and closures.

Access to the many local businesses will also remain open, but merchants and their customers are waiting to see what the impacts will be.

“They’re going to block the street, so it’s going to be harder for the customers to come and eat here,” said Leo Martinez, a manager at La Casita restaurant. “Customers who are going to try and come over here, maybe they have to go around, or maybe they’re going to change their minds.”

Lisa Cisneros, a regular customer at La Casita, said that she’s grown used to the various construction projects every summer.

“If there’s a way to get in, we’ll come,” she said. “But if it seems impossible on that day, we’ll skip it. We’ll try not to let the construction affect us. We like eating here. We’ll be back.”

The project’s first phase continues into early next year. A more disruptive phase may be the replacement of a water main on 8th Street between Cimarron Street and Bear Creek.

“It’s 60 years old, Phipps explained. “This project will be upgrading and modernizing that water main. We will also be installing storm drains down towards Lower Gold Camp and Bear Creek, like in that section where that particular part of the street experiences some flooding currently.”

He’s referring to Lower Gold Camp Road and Moreno Avenue, hilly streets west of 8th Street that currently have no storm drains, and sediment-filled runoff often floods the southbound lanes of 8th Street during heavy rainstorms.

That phase will happen through this winter, Phipps said.

Other improvements include installing sidewalks and curbs where none presently exist, and installing new traffic signals.

Repaving — the final phase — will occur late next spring or early next summer.

The 8th Street project costs $12 million and is funded primarily by revenue from a one-cent sales tax from the Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority.

For more information, visit: https://coloradosprings.gov/8thStreet.

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Michael Logerwell

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – A two-vehicle crash shut down the intersection of S. Circle Drive and Monterey Road, then led to the arrest of a juvenile already on juvenile parole.

Colorado Springs Police say they responded to calls of a crash just before 5:00 pm. At the scene, officers say they learned one of the vehicles involved was previously reported stolen. Then, bystanders told police the driver of that vehicle had fled the scene and was hiding nearby.

Police say they went to that location where the suspect then attempted to flee again, but was apprehended by officers.

At the time of his arrest, police say the juvenile had a handgun with an illegal extended magazine. He did sustain minor injuries in the crash.

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Mackenzie Stafford

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — How close is a grocery store to you? It’s a question that may not typically cross your mind, but some southeastern Colorado Springs residents say it’s on their minds all too often. 

They’re in what the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) considers a food desert. An area where it’s difficult to access a grocery store or fresh, healthy foods, so some neighbors are taking it into their own hands.

Today, the Southeast Food Coalition held its second-ever farmers market near Stompin’ Groundz coffee shop along Jetwing Dr. The event brought farm-fresh food to the community, allowing neighbors to stop in and get something healthy with ease. 

“We started the food coalition to create equitable food systems in Southeast Colorado Springs because we don’t have a lot of healthy food options. And we do want our community to live longer and healthier. And by providing access to healthy food options, we can do that,” explained Southeast Food Coalition Director Yevgeniya Tsyganok.

Yevgeniya Tsyganok tells KRDO13 that she was fed up with the barriers her community was facing.

“Our community has asked for one for a long time, but nobody’s brought one here,” said Tsyganok, speaking about a farmers market.

So Tsyganok and others took it into their own hands, creating the Southeast Food Coalition.

“I live, I work, and I raise a child in this community, so I understand the barriers. We shouldn’t have to go outside of our community to get access to healthy food options and to resources and tools that will help us thrive and live longer and healthier lives,” explained Tsyganok.

The nonprofit held a pilot farmers market in October, which was a huge success. After seeing the positive community response, Tsyganok says they had to keep it going.

“We had people crossing coming across the street, and they’re like, oh, we could access a farmer’s market right here. And I just cried because I’m like, they’ve been deprived of that, and they deserve access to healthy food options,” recounted Tsyganok.

So now they’re back, bringing local farmers, vendors, and fresh produce with them. The Southeast Food Coalition plans to hold the farmers market every other Sunday through the end of September.

Tsyganok says the coalition also holds community gardening events and has a free community fridge.

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Mackenzie Stafford

LAS ANIMAS COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – The Apogaea festival was set to be held June 4-8, but it was cut short due to alleged non-consensual drugging involving fentanyl. On Sunday, the Apogaea Board of Directors released a statement to clarify the weekend’s events.

The festival is known as a Colorado Burning Man regional event held near Trinidad, just north of New Mexico. What was expected to be a weekend full of art and music was quickly shut down.

On Thursday afternoon, event organizers say two festival goers came to a department tent, saying they had been gifted a substance that they tested positive for fentanyl. They say a volunteer notified the Apogaea Incident Command System (ICS), which in turn alerted the County emergency coordinator. Apogaea says they never had custody of the substance and did not test it.

The next morning, on Friday, organizers say a participant noticed an undissolved gelcap in their clear water bottle. This tested positive for fentanyl via two strip tests. Organizers say that since the bottle had been on volunteer premises, there was immediate concern that somebody might be targeting the volunteers. Apogaea says they tested the gelcap again with multiple reagent tests, which resulted in confirming the presence of multiple substances.

Field test methodologies are not 100% accurate, and they can result in false positives, shared the Apogaea board. With the presence of the gelcap reagent tests and the multiple positive fentanyl results, Apogaea says their teams had a high confidence that this was a situation of non-consensual drugging.

Organizers say that as a precaution, community water in the nearby Center Camp Café and Ranger Station was dumped. The board says they updated the County and worked with the Las Animas County Sheriff’s Office (LACSO) to come to the decision to close the event.

The Sheriff’s Office tells KRDO13 it was aware of the incident, however, it was not contacted by anyone to initiate a formal investigation of the alleged incident, nor have any suspects been identified.

KRDO13 spoke with Joe Richards, the Las Animas County Emergency Manager, who was in contact with the event organizers. Richards says the incident commander contacted him initially on Thursday to make him aware that two people at the festival had tested for and found fentanyl in a substance someone had given to them.

He says that after they had another instance with someone finding a capsule in their water the next day, which tested positive for fentanyl, that’s when they became more concerned and contacted him.

Richards tells KRDO13 the incident commander said they’d like to shut the event down to prevent any further risks, and he said it’s up to you, but I support it wholeheartedly.

So he says, as a group, they came to the conclusion to shut down the event, and although some are upset, he’s grateful there were no serious injuries. Richards says the incident commanders were proactive and took the right steps to handle the incident.

Richards says with 1,400-1,500 people at the event, the possibility of someone non-consensually drugging others was highly concerning, especially with how deadly fentanyl is. He says there were multiple EMTs at the festival, along with a local fire department on scene for nearly the entire event.

Apogaea says that to their knowledge, no one was dosed or harmed physically at the event, and there were zero medical transports from the site during the event.

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Karla Sosa

PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO)- In an effort to curb injury and death in the water this summer, a local business owner in Pueblo is doing his part and loaning out extra life jackets for free.

Bob Walker, the owner of The Edge Ski, Paddle and Pack, said that after hearing about the recent water rescues, it was time for him to do something, and that’s why he’s loaning life jackets for free. 

Walker said he would hate to see more people get hurt while having fun out in the water, something which has already happened multiple times in Pueblo. 

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He told KRDO13 he has an abundance of life jackets at his shop, and instead of them being in his storage, he feels they can be helpful to the community. So he’s loaning them out for free.

“People are spreading the word. You know, it shows that other people are kind of concerned, but, yeah, just the people that have gone on board and are kind of concerned or worried about our community and want to keep, you know, do what they can to keep it safe,” said Walker.

Walker said if people are interested, they can go to his store and sign up to get a free life jacket. However, the life jackets must be returned by the end of business hours. 

The store is located at 685 S Union Ave, Pueblo, CO 81004.

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Michael Logerwell

PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – Another person has died in Lake Pueblo this summer. Colorado Parks and Wildlife Officials say an adult man died after he was found floating in the water unconscious at Rock Creek Cove.

The victim’s identity or cause of death hasn’t been released, but witnesses say the man was with a group of people out swimming and skiing on the lake when he jumped in the water to cool off. Shortly after jumping in the water, the rest of his group saw him floating unconscious.

The unconscious man was pulled into the boat, and CPR was performed while others called 911. Just over five minutes after receiving the call, CPW rangers arrived and transported the man to the North Boat Ramp, where CPR continued.

A flight for life was called in, but CPW says the man was dead by the time the helicopter arrived.

“This death is under investigation, but it appears to be a tragic accident,” said Lake Pueblo Park Manager Joe Stadterman. “We offer our condolences to the family and friends of this victim.”

CPW says the man was not wearing a life jacket. The Pueblo County Coroner will be investigating the official cause of death.

“This is yet another heartbreaking loss of life,” he said. “It underscores the message we have been stressing to recreate responsibly and to wear life preservers when on or near the water.

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Celeste Springer

EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Warning for east central El Paso County early Friday evening. The warning expired shortly thereafter, just after 4 p.m., several viewers reported seeing what appeared to be a funnel cloud.

Source: Nick Gonzales in Fountain

Much of Southern Colorado is under a tornado watch until 11 p.m.

Source: National Weather Service (map as of 4:36 p.m.)

Baca County Emergency Management says residents could see large hail tonight.

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Celeste Springer

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) has released the identity of a motorcyclist killed in a crash along Hancock Expressway.

The coroner’s office has identified the victim as Elvin Jose Irizarry Iglesias, age 28.

CSPD says they believe Iglesias was heading northbound, but crossed over the double yellow line when taking a curve. CSPD says he hit another vehicle traveling southbound and was ejected from the bike.

The department says he was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. The driver of the other car was taken to the hospital for minor injuries.

CSPD says this is the 14th traffic fatality in their jurisdiction in 2025. Of the 14, CSPD says seven involved motorcycles.

According to the Colorado Department of Transportation, motorcycle fatalities in Colorado were up 22% last year.

Here’s a look at some previous incidents this year:

March 12: Hit-and-run crash kills 22-year-old motorcyclist

April 11: Motorcyclist hospitalized with severe injuries after hitting a pedestrian who was allegedly crossing the road illegally (nonfatal)

April 17: 20-year-old motorcyclist dies in crash on Platte Avenue

May 1: Motorcyclist dead after crash near I-25 and West Bijou Street

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