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Colorado State Patrol releases video of ambush; officials still unsure why trooper was targeted

Colorado State Patrol officials on Monday released body-worn camera footage of the ambush shooting of Cpl. Tye Simcox on U.S. 36 near Westminster. Simcox was parked between two concrete barriers in the highway’s center median the afternoon of Sept. 7 when CSP officials say Victor Anthony De Santiago, 32, slowed down and began shooting at Simcox from his truck. Simcox was shot in the arm and quickly left his patrol vehicle, grabbed a rifle from the front seat and returned fire, fatally shooting De Santiago, the footage shows. The corporal was taken to Denver Health by a responding trooper and is recovering. “I am extremely blessed to be alive and am very thankful for everyone’s support and prayers,” Simcox said in a statement release by the state patrol. Footage from Cpl.

 

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