Suicide attempt shuts down busy highway
Posted : Jan 10, 2010 4:17 PM
Updated: Jan 10, 2010 4:30 PM
Another troubling story involving a soldier and suicide.
Highway 115 over Lake avenue in Colorado Springs was shut down for about an hour this afternoon, because a soldier with a gun was threatening to kill himself. Colorado Springs Police say an army Colonel called them and said he was parked near the soldier.
Police shut down the highway around 1 p.m., and a police officer was able to calm the soldier down and get him to drop his gun.
The soldier is being evaluated at Evans Army Hospital.
CAMMMO at Jan 21st 2010 11:36 AM
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