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Home Depot on Academy near Platte evacuated after suspect runs in with a gun

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COLORADO SPRINGS — At 1:25 p.m. the Home Depot on Academy Boulevard south of Platte due to an armed suspect who ran inside the store.

Colorado Springs Police tell News5 they were following a stolen vehicle when an armed suspect got out of the car and ran into the Home Depot.

The store was evacuated briefly as a precaution while police worked to get the suspect in custody.

CSPD has not released further details.
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