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El Paso County Sheriff's Office investigating domestic violence shooting

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Posted at 5:29 AM, Sep 17, 2021
and last updated 2021-09-17 22:10:58-04

COLORADO SPRINGS — The El Paso County Sheriff's Office is currently on scene for a domestic violence-related shooting on the 7100 block of Omaha Boulevard near Evans Elementary School in Colorado Springs.

The shooting happened at 2:50 a.m. on Friday.

Deputies say they when they arrived they found a woman outside of her residence. They also found a man outside of another residence with a gunshot wound to the chest. The man was taken to the hospital and is in stable condition

The Sheriff's Office identified 34-year-old Xochilt Brown as the suspect. Brown has been booked into the El Paso County Jail and is charged with Secon Degree Attempted Murder, First Degree Assault and Child Abuse.

The investigation is ongoing, News 5 has not learned what led to the shooting.