Woman reportedly shoots, kills potential attacker in Colorado Springs

A man was fatally shot when he reportedly tried to assault a woman in Colorado Springs early Monday, according to police.

Around 1:15 a.m., police responded to a shooting at an apartment complex in the 6900 block of Alpine Currant View, located directly southwest of Woodmen Road and Union Boulevard.

The woman who reported the shooting said she had been “about to be attacked by a male she just met,” so she shot him and then left the area, police said.

Officers located the woman in her car at a nearby hospital and found a deceased male in the apartment complex parking lot, officials said.

The woman was interviewed and released , police said.