The Eighth Judicial District Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) has been activated to investigate an officer-involved shooting

The Eighth Judicial District Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) has been activated to investigate an officer-involved shooting.
Around 2:45 a.m. on March 3, 2025, a Larimer County Sheriff’s Office Deputy conducted a traffic stop in the area of Prospect Road and Riverside Avenue in Fort Collins.

After stopping and having a brief interaction with the deputy, the adult female driver exited the vehicle as requested. The adult male passenger entered the driver’s seat and left the scene. Deputies followed with their lights and sirens activated, but the driver continued eluding for several miles through north Fort Collins. The vehicle left the roadway in the 2600 block of Terry Lake Road/Highway 1 and crashed into a ditch.

The suspect got out of the vehicle and approached deputies with a knife in hand. He then got into an unoccupied patrol cruiser and began driving around deputies, who were on foot.

One deputy fired his duty weapon, striking the suspect. Deputies approached the cruiser, removed the suspect, and began rendering first aid. The suspect was transported to the hospital with serious injuries.

CIRT was activated and responded to take over the officer-involved shooting investigation. Fort Collins Police Services is the lead investigating agency