Man pistol whips woman in Colorado Springs, leading to foot chase and police shooting

Man pistol whips woman in Colorado Springs, leading to foot chase and police shooting

The Colorado Springs Police Department has released the footage of the officer-involved-shooting in the early hours of June 9 that left one man with gunshot wounds and a charge of first degree assault.

Just before 1 a.m., three CSPD officers with the downtown area response team were on foot patrol in front of a business located at 18 South Nevada Avenue.

While on foot patrol, they heard a disturbance to their north.

Officers proceeded to move toward the disturbance when they saw a woman fall to the ground after appearing to have been assaulted.

Nearby business security cameras captured footage of the altercation that occurred between the suspect, identified as 21-year-old Al’Morion Germany, and the woman.

Germany is seen pointing a gun at the woman before hitting her in the head with the weapon, but did not fire at her.

At this time, Officer Benjamin Hengel, who has been with CSPD for five years, drew his taser and identified himself as a police officer.

Hengel began to move closer to the disturbance when another man stepped in front of the officer and proceeded to chase Germany, who was fleeing.