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‘He was ambushed’: CSP releases video of shooting that wounded Colorado trooper

On the afternoon of Sept. 7, Cpl. Tye Simcox was inside his parked car in a protected median completing reports when Victor Anthony De Santiago, 32, of Thornton, drove up next to him and opened fire. Simcox was shot in the arm during the ambush, but he was still able to grab his rifle and return fire, killing De Santiago. Simcox was taken to Denver Health for minor injuries and released the same day.

On the afternoon of Sept. 7, Cpl. Tye Simcox was inside his parked car in a protected median completing reports when Victor Anthony De Santiago, 32, of Thornton, drove up next to him and opened fire.

Simcox was shot in the arm during the ambush, but he was still able to grab his rifle and return fire, killing De Santiago. Simcox was taken to Denver Health for minor injuries and released the same day..