(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The suspect of a shooting who left one person injured reportedly exited his vehicle and began firing on a street in Colorado Springs.
On Wednesday, June 11, the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) responded to a shooting that had just taken place. Initially, police found a victim with multiple gunshot wounds near Splitrail Drive and discovered that the incident had occurred in the 4200 block of Austin Bluffs Parkway, off Dublin Boulevard.
According to police, an altercation ensued between the victim and the suspect, 29-year-old Michael Brodus, who produced a weapon and fired at the vehicle the 17-year-old victim was driving.
FOX21 News is now learning more about the shooting, and received arrest papers that revealed the suspect shot a mini AK-47 style rifle at the victim. A video provided by a witness showed Brodus standing behind the driver’s door of a Blue Subaru holding a firearm in his hands and firing multiple rounds in the middle of the street at a victim. Per arrest papers, the victim sustained serious bodily injuries.
Officers recovered multiple shell casings from the area and found the vehicle’s plates, which matched the suspect’s vehicle and registration.
Police then responded to an apartment complex in the 4700 block of Prominent Mesa View — the registered address for the vehicle — and observed a man matching the suspect’s description carrying bags from the Subaru. Following their observations, they arrested the suspect.
Brodus is now facing charges of First-Degree Assault and has been booked into the El Paso County Criminal Justice Center. He is set to appear in court on Thursday, June 12, at 1:30 p.m.
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