The man killed in the April 11 shooting in downtown Manitou Springs has been identified as 67-year-old Wilford Robert DeWeese of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The El Paso County Coroner’s Office will determine the cause of death. Detectives from the Colorado Springs Police Department’s Deadly Force Investigative Team are actively investigating the case.
Also, the Manitou Springs Police Department has released the names of the officers involved in the shooting.
They were Officer Jeff Schuelke and Officer Harold “Levi” Hoover. Schuelke began employment as a sworn police officer with the MSPD in December 2019, and Hoover began in August 2017.
They have been placed on administrative leave, per MSPD policy.
