Spyvie
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I don't know what kind of rifle this is in the pic, but thats a criminal in the act of holding up a Circle K. The same guys are suspected of shooting up a couple of sheriffs cars and hitting a deputy in the arm last night. The really bad news is they got away.
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_9729331
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_9729331
Police are searching for two armed men who fled on foot following a car chase in which the two men fired numerous gunshots at two Douglas County sheriff's deputies, striking one in the arm, authorities say.
The identities of the shooters, described as white men in their 20s, is not known. The pair abandoned an older Honda on and authorities say they believe they escaped the area on foot.
About 2,400 residents in the area were called this morning and warned to lock their doors and windows, stay in their homes and report any suspicious activity. Several roads were closed while SWAT team members searched
"We have two suspects on foot who are armed," said Lt. Alan Stanton, spokesman for the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. "That poses a high danger to people in that area."
In the afternoon, deputies reopened Highway 105 and Wolfensberger Road near Sedalia and allowed people to return to their homes.
Douglas County investigators said tonight the two suspects were also believed to be linked to a June 11 armed robbery at a Circle K store, at 23 West Wolfensberger Road, at about 3:30 a.m.
In that robbery, two white men in their early 20s, dressed in fatigues, held a store clerk at gun point with a rifle.
Police have released a still surveilance photo of that robbery.
The first suspect in that incident was described as a blond man, about 6 feet, 1 inch tall. The second suspect was described as having light brown hair, about 5 feet 10 inches tall with a black handgun.
Deputies told 9News that both men in the June 11 incidents were described as having slight builds and wore green bandanas over their faces. One of the men had a British accent, authorities told 9News.
In today's incident, deputies received a call of suspicious activity in the Silver Heights subdivision near Castle Rock at 3 a.m., Stanton said.
While two deputies responded in a marked and an unmarked car they got a second call of a burglary in progress, Stanton said. They were told that two men got into a car and were driving away from the burglary.
The deputies spotted a beige Honda and tried to pull it over, but the men fled, driving west on Wolfensberger Road.
The men then fired gunshots , shattering their own back window and striking both of the deputies' cars, injuring the deputy driving the unmarked car, Stanton said. The officers did not shoot at the suspects, he said.
The marked car had bullet holes in the windshield and the roof, and the unmarked car had a hole in the roof.
The injured deputy, whose identity has not been released, was taken to a local hospital where he was treated and released, Stanton said.
The Honda then stopped in a ditch just south of Highway 105 and the men ran into a nearby forest. Officials later found two 5-gallon and two 10-gallon gas tanks in the trunk of the Honda, which had been stolen.
"A couple of bad guys are in the area and (deputies) have no idea where they are at," said Allan Seitz, who has a home near Jackson Creek and was not being allowed to return to his house.
Larry Lewellyn said he also was barred from returning to his house on Oakland Drive this morning.
"Residents should be patient," Lewellyn said. "You have to be concerned about your safety. It's a different kind of society."
Emergency calls were sent out to homes within in a three mile radius of the area where the two men escaped. The calls notified residents that the men were still at large, and believed to be armed.
SWAT officers, deputies and police officers from Colorado Springs and Castle Rock went door to door warning people about the two men, Stanton said.
Highway 105 was closed from Highway 67 in Sedalia to Tomah Road and Wolfensberger Road was closed from Coach Line Road to Highway 105, Stanton said.
