Deputies released from hospital after being shot during standoff, suspect arrested
By: Anna Mankin
and last updated 2021-01-02 20:09:57-05
PUEBLO â Two Pueblo County Sheriff s Office deputies have been released from the hospital after being shot during a standoff near Tenderfoot and Farley in Pueblo West.
According to Sheriff Kirk Taylor, deputies responded to Eddie Lovins home on Friday morning. He had been allegedly been calling in threats to the state of Tennessee. They were unable to contact Lovins at that time.
Around 3:30 p.m. deputies attempted to make contact with Lovins again and multiple shots were fired towards them.
Eddie Lovins, 48, faces two counts of attempted second-degree murder, according to a news release.
Earlier in the day, Lovins, a veteran with a history of mental health issues, had called in threats against the Tennessee State Patrol and the capitol building in Tennessee.
Pueblo County Sheriff s Office deputies first tried to make contact with the suspect near Tenderfoot Lane Friday morning. After no response they went out a second time, around 3:20 p.m., and the suspect began firing multiple rounds at them. He hit one deputy in the head and the other in the left shoulder.
Lovins remained in the home and continued to fire, hitting patrol vehicles and nearby houses, until a police tactical unit was able to apprehend him.
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