COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — The El Paso County Coroner has identified a man who was shot and killed along Pikes Peak Avenue on Friday, May 16.
38-year-old Bryan Parada was found dead along Pikes Peak Avenue after the Colorado Springs Police Department received reports of a shooting around 2:40 p.m. Friday, just a couple of blocks north of Will Rogers Elementary school on Colorado Springs' southeast side.
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Based on the officers' investigation, they were able to get a suspect description and shortly detain the man who allegedly shot Parada as he was still in the area. That man has been identified as 49-year-old Emmanuel Cooley.
Cooley is now facing a charge of Murder in the First Degree.
This is the 16 homicide in Colorado Springs in 2025, according to police. This time last year, there were already 17 homicides.
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