AN DEPUTY INVOLVED SHOOTING IN COLORADO SPRINGS LAST SUMMER HAS BEEN RULED JUSTIFIED BY THE 4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ATTORNEYS’ OFFICE. ON JUNE 4TH, THE EL PASO SHERIFF’S OFFICE LEARNED OF A MAN, IDENTIFIED AS 33-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL MARTINEZ, STEALING A MOTORCYCLE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD JUST NORTH OF PIKES PEAK STATE COLLEGE. THEY LATER FOUND HIM IN A HOME. MARTINEZ WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE, WHILE OUTSIDE HE POINTED A GUN AT DEPUTIES, THAT’S WHEN THEY SHOT HIM. HE SHOT OUT THE WINDOWS OF A CRUISER AND TOOK OFF. DEPUTIES FOUND MARTINEZ AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. HE IS SCHEDULED TO BE IN COURT NEXT MONTH.
