‘Shocked’; People who live in north Colorado Springs respond to shooting in Interquest area
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Sunday’s shooting on the north side of Colorado Springs has left community members in shock.The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) says the shooting started around 6:15 Sunday morning inside the Volta apartment complex near New Life Church.
Police say a man was sleeping inside
The gunman then drove off and shot more rounds at a Key Bank on Spectrum loop, another Key Bank on Hartsel Drive, and a Village Inn on Duryea Drive.Officers eventually arrested the 53-year-old gunman, Rupesh Jain, when Jain came back to the apartment complex and confessed to police about what he had done and was concerned for the person he shot.Bang, Wait. Bang. Six different times,” said Carolyne Krueger, who lives at the apartment complex.
Krueger says it was a type of noise that she did not expect to wake up to.
“I see ambulances out. They are opening doors. They got their gloves on, putting people in the ambulances,” Krueger said.
Krueger says she had no idea there was a shooting one floor down, until she saw bullet holes in the window.
“Holes everywhere,” Krueger said.
