Man shot dead by police outside Walmart in Colorado Springs

A man is dead after a police shooting outside a Walmart in Colorado Springs.

The man “pulled out a gun” inside Walmart and “at least one officer fired at least one shot at him,” according to a Colorado Springs police post on social media site X. Early Wednesday morning, “officers began providing medical care until emergency personnel arrived” and the man died at the scene, police said.

On Tuesday, around 10:30 p.m., police discovered an unoccupied, stolen white Chevy truck in the Walmart parking lot at 3201 E. Platte Ave. Working with police officers at the Walmart, they identified a man and a woman who had been sitting in the stolen truck.

Police approached the two as they were leaving Walmart. Then the man pulled out his gun and police fired, police reports said.

No one else was injured. According to police, the woman was arrested and released. The store was closed.

The El Paso County Sheriff's Office will investigate the shooting, police said.