SECURITY-WIDEFIELD, Colo. (KOAA) — A man who died following a shooting involving El Paso County Sheriff's Office deputies has been identified.
According to the El Paso County Coroner's Office, he was Brian Prine.
Background Information
A man, later identified as Prine, is dead after getting into a fight with El Paso County Sheriff's deputies in Security-Widefield.
The sheriff's office says deputies were responding to a call around 11:30 p.m. Friday for a fight involving a gun at a home on Tranters Creek Way, which is located near the intersection of Marksheffel Road and Fontaine Boulevard.
The sheriff's office says when deputies got to the house, they saw a gun in the driveway. After trying to arrest Prine, they say he became aggressive and took a deputy's taser.
According to the sheriff's office, Prine used the taser, which started a fight. That's when two deputies shot Prine at least one time each, hitting him.
Both deputies and the Security Fire Department provided medical aid, but Prine died. He was 59 years old. Two deputies went to the hospital for minor injuries.
The deputies involved are on paid administrative leave, a standard procedure in cases like this.
The Colorado Springs Police Department is the lead investigative agency for this shooting involving deputies.
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