COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — Court records reveal what led up to a shelter-in-place earlier this week in the Stratmoor Valley area.
According to the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD), a man, later identified as 23-year-old Antonio Mellon, barricaded himself inside a home Wednesday on Burnham Street, which is located near South Academy Boulevard and I-25.
Court records show Mellon was posting the incident on Instagram. The documents go on to say he used two toddlers as a shield when he came outside.
Police say Mellon impersonated an ICE agent the day before, wearing a face mask and holding a gun when he went to pick up a Door Dash order at a DashMart in Colorado Springs. The arrest affidavit says he showed workers a fake ICE badge.
Mellon is facing the following charges:
- impersonation of a police officer
- possession of a firearm by a previous offender
- four counts of assault in the first degree
- two counts of child abuse
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