More details from a fatality after a three-vehicle crash along U.S. 24 between Woodmen Road and Judge Orr Road were released during a news conference with the El Paso County Sheriff's Office.
Colorado State Patrol said a three-vehicle crash shortly after 8 a.m. left one person with minor injuries. The Sheriff's Office also was called to the scene to conduct a homicide investigation when a person on the passenger's side of a pickup truck was found shot, officials said.
The drivers of the other two vehicles stayed on scene and tried unsuccessful life-saving measures on the truck passenger, said Cassandra Sebastian, a spokesperson with the Sheriff's Office.
The driver of the truck with the deceased passenger fled on foot and had not been located as of around 2 p.m.
No arrests were announc