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<\/p>\nUPDATE:<\/p>\n
FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KRDO) – The El Paso County Sheriff\u2019s Office has lifted the shelter-in-place order for residents within a quarter-mile of Village Meadows Drive. Residents may resume normal activity, according to the alert issued at 7:09 a.m.<\/p>\n
A KRDO13 crew on scene reported the area was still blocked off with a heavy law enforcement presence at 7 a.m., shortly before the order was lifted.<\/p>\n
According to the Fountain Police Department, officers responded to the 7300 block of Village Meadows Drive for reports of a resident firing shots at 2:15 a.m.<\/p>\n
The Fountain Police Department told us that the individual did not cooperate with officers, resulting in a response from specialized units surrounding the house. <\/p>\n
A police spokesman said negotiations between police and the suspect lasted for hours until about 7 a.m.<\/p>\n
According to authorities, negotiation attempts were unsuccessful, which resulted in warrants being used along with deploying gas techniques to remove the suspect from the house. <\/p>\n
Officials told us that 46-year-old John Martin was taken into custody facing multiple charges, including first-degree assault, disorderly conduct, and more. <\/p>\n
Several residents I spoke with who lived on the street told me that the loud noises of gunshots and sirens had woken them up. <\/p>\n
Residents like Jervannti Baker were not sure how to react to the alarming sounds on his street early in the morning. <\/p>\n
“It kind of put me in a place of worry, and I wanted to know if I should get up or stay in bed or I didn’t know what to do,” Baker said. <\/p>\n
It was not the way Baker and his family intended to start the weekend. <\/p>\n
“I suffer from ptsd and what happened last night was one of those things that caused my ptsd to trigger and … I moved here to get away from those triggers, and that’s what surprised me the most,” Baker said. <\/p>\n
The remains of the tear gas used are still visible from two broken windows in the house and a wooden boarded-up door that has a sign saying tear gas was used.<\/p>\n
Police say no one was hurt in the operation. <\/p>\n
ORIGINAL REPORT:<\/p>\n
EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – The El Paso County Sheriff\u2019s Office issued a shelter-in-place order early Saturday morning due to law enforcement activity near the 7300 block of Village Meadows Drive.<\/p>\n
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The alert, sent at approximately 2:49 a.m. on Oct. 24, directed residents within a quarter-mile of Village Meadows Drive to secure their homes and businesses, stay away from doors and windows, and shelter in a safe place until further notice.<\/p>\n
The Sheriff\u2019s Office said residents will receive another alert when the order is lifted. The notice did not describe the law enforcement activity that prompted the order.<\/p>\n
As of 7 a.m., a KRDO13 crew is on scene, where the area remains blocked off with a heavy law enforcement presence. <\/p>\n
We will update this article as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UPDATE: FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KRDO) – The El Paso County Sheriff\u2019s Office has lifted the shelter-in-place order for residents…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":476047,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-476046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=476046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/476047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}