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Case # :298
Gender : Male
Age :
Race : Unknown
Date : 09/28/2023
Location : N Spruce+W Bijou
City : Colorado Springs
County : El Paso
State : Colorado
Agency : Department of Corrections
Officer(s) :Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Parole officer killed by vehicle by parolee
Open records summary :
A Colorado Department of Corrections parole officer was a pedestrian at the intersection of North Spruce Street and West Bijou Street just west of downtown Colorado Springs at about 3:45 p.m. on 09/28/2023 when they were hit and killed by a vehicle driven by 41-year-old parolee Justin Andrew Kula.
The still unnamed DOC parole officer was killed and a second parole officer was injured in the vehicle-vs-pedestrian crash.
Colorado issued a “Blue Alert” manhunt and arrested Justin Kula several hours later. A Blue Alert is issued when a law enforcement officer is killed, sustained serious bodily injury, or is missing in the line of duty and law enforcement calls for a state-wide manhunt after the person who harmed any member of police.
IncarcerNation is working to identify the deceased parole officer and clarify whether any relationship between them and the driver of the vehicle that killed them pre-existed and will update this file as more information becomes available.
Source links :
https://coloradosun.com/2023/09/28/colorado-parole-officer-killed-colorado-springs/
