Colorado mourns 3rd officer killed since New Year's Eve
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Colorado is mourning the loss of its third law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty since New Year's Eve after a sheriff's deputy was shot while investigating a stolen car.
Micah Flick, 34, was killed and four others — two sheriff's deputies, a police officer and a bystander — were wounded Monday in a shooting in a neighborhood of single-family homes, apartments and retail stores just east of downtown Colorado Springs, a city of about 465,000.
"They encountered an adult male suspect, a struggle ensued and shots were fired," Colorado Springs Police Chief Pete Carey said at a press conference at the hospital where Flick and the injured were taken. The lone suspect was killed, authorities said.