COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — The El Paso County Sheriff's Office issued a shelter in place for the 2000 block of Fredericksburg Dr. in Cimarron Hills while searching for a suspect.
In a tweet, EPSO said the shelter-in-place radius was 1/4 mile to include Remington Elementary and Horizon Middle schools. The campuses were on a precautionary lockout status.
According to the sheriff's office, deputies were assisting the Colorado Springs Police Department in the arrest of a suspect. According to a police officer at the scene, the suspect was wanted for a string of storage unit thefts.
Some of the items reported stolen were firearms. The advisory was put in place as a precaution as a tactical unit executed the warrant.
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