Man fatally shot after fight escalates at youth football game in south Colorado Springs | News

Police are searching for the person who fatally shot a man after a fight escalated at a youth soccer game Saturday.

According to a sergeant at the Sand Creek substation, the call came in from the 1600 block of South Murray Boulevard on the Atlas Prep School campus just before 2:30 p.m.

According to Colorado Springs police, investigators initially determined that there was a verbal altercation between two men in the parking lot. One of the men pulled out a pistol and shot the other man, hitting him at least once.

According to police, the injured man died at the scene of the accident.

“Detectives are attempting to identify the suspect, but he is not in custody,” the blotter states.

A Facebook post shared on the school page, written by Brittney Stroh, CEO of Atlas Schools, said the shooting occurred on school grounds during an activity not associated with the school.

The post explained that the school rents out its sports fields and facilities to outside groups on weekends. On Saturday, a brawl escalated at one of the games organized by the groups, leaving one person dead.

“Although this occurred on Atlas grounds, neither Atlas nor its students were involved or affected. Our condolences go out to the family and friends affected by this tragedy,” the post reads.

In a statement to KOAA reporter Maggie Bryan, school officials said the shooting occurred near one of the school buildings and that Pop Warner was using the field at the time.

The Pikes Peak Pop Warner Youth Football and Cheer website shows that several youth league football games were scheduled to be played at Atlas Prep fields on Saturday between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m

While police investigated the shooting, the southbound lanes of Murray Boulevard were closed from Center Park and the northbound lanes were closed at Merchant Court.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Colorado Springs Police at 719-444-7000 or Crime Stoppers at 719-634-STOP.

Gazette news partner KOAA contributed to this report.