El Paso County deputy Andrew Peery killed while responding to shooting
A deputy has been killed in El Paso County. The sheriff's office says Deputy Andrew Peery was responding to a shooting Sunday evening in the Widefield area south of Colorado Springs when he died. Peery, 39, was married and had two children.
Peery was one of three officers who responded to a call about a shooting, and they were immediately met with gunfire.
First responders lined the streets Sunday night as a processional moved past UCHealth Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs. That's where deputy Peery was taken.
He's described as a highly-dedicated and decorated SWAT operator for EPCSO.
This all happened at a home at Security-Widefield. Officers found a dead woman in the front yard of a home on Ponderosa Drive. When they went into the home, they found suspect John Paz dead, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
