SECURITY-WIDEFIELD — The El Paso County Sheriff's Office announced they were investigating a homicide south of Colorado Springs on Monday.
At about 7:30 a.m., the sheriff's office announced on social media that they were in the area of Crawford Avenue and Withington Drive in the Security-Widefield area.
The neighborhood is just west of the Bluestem Prairie Open Space.
According to the El Paso County Sheriff's Office, a deputy was on patrol when they noticed a vehicle on the wrong side of the roadway in the area. When the deputy checked on the vehicle, he discovered an unresponsive male in the passenger seat.
A medical crew was called to the vehicle and the man was pronounced dead at about 6 a.m.
Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff's office at (719)390-5555.
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