Colorado Springs Police Standoff Ends Without Person of Interest

(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) -- A police standoff in Colorado Springs prompted the lockdown of two area schools and led to the arrest of a person whom authorities said was not the person of interest, ABC News Colorado Springs affiliate KRDO-TV reports.

Authorities were led to a home in the 600 block of E Boulder Street after an anonymous tipster called the Parole Department to report that there was an armed suicidal woman with felony warrants inside the home.

SWAT did not find the woman upon entering the home, but took a male parolee inside the home into custody. The parolee told authorities that the woman left before they arrived.

Columbia Elementary School and Palmer High School were temporarily placed on lockdown during the incident. The lockdowns were lifted later Friday.

No other information was immediately reported.

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City Fleet Employee Turns In Copper Thieves

(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) -- A driver for City Fleet helped police arrest three alleged copper thieves, ABC affiliate KRDO reports.

Christine Keller was on her way to refill the fuel units at the fleet facility when she noticed suspicious activity on the side of West Cimarron Street near 21st Street. She realized the men were stealing copper wire from the street light poles, and called police.  When officers arrived, they arrested the three suspects.

"Christine was observant enough to notice something suspicious when others may have driven right by," says Fleet Parts Supervisor Rob Ramsey. "We're proud of her for helping CSPD make the arrest."

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Suspect Sought in Apartment Stabbing

(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) -- Police are searching for a 25-year-old suspect in connection with a stabbing at a Colorado Springs apartment on Thursday.

Police say shortly after 2:30 p.m. they were called to the Bijou Manor Apartments on the 1900 block of E Bijou Street on a report of a stabbing. When they got there, officers say an investigation found that Thomas Trujillo stabbed an 18-year-old male then fled the scene.

The victim was taken to an area hospital for treatment to non life-threatening injuries.

Police say the suspect fled in a silver Chevrolet Monte Carlo with Colorado license plate: 384-VGO.

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Employee Stabbed at Colorado Springs Subway

(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) -- One person was hospitalized after a stabbing Thursday morning at a Colorado Springs Subway store, ABC News Colorado Springs affiliate KRDO-TV reports.

The stabbing occurred shortly after 10:00 a.m. at the Subway located in the 1400 block of S. Murray Blvd.

Two store employees were reportedly involved in an altercation when one stabbed the other. The victim was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

No other details were immediately available.

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Local NAACP Weighs in on MLK/Meridian Ranch Controversy

(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) --  The president of the Colorado Springs branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) said the principal of Meridian Ranch Elementary was right in pulling a second grader dressed up as Martin Luther King, Jr. from class, according to ABC affiliate KRDO-TV.

Eight-year-old student Sean King, who is white, was taken out of class for wearing black face paint for a class project on King Jr.  NAACP president Rosemary Harris Lytle was pleased King was pulled from class because blackface make-up used to be popular with performers in skits to portray racist stereotypes of African-Americans.  The use of blackface make-up was seen as offensive in the United State after the civil rights movements in the 1960's, according to the report.

King told KRDO he did not mean to offend anyone with his costume.  The dress code at Meridian Ranch bans the use of face paint.

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