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Coroner IDs man killed by CSP troopers

Posted at 10:10 AM, Mar 15, 2016
and last updated 2016-03-15 12:10:06-04

Authorities have released the name of a man who was shot and killed at a gas station in southern Pueblo County after state troopers say he accelerated toward them in a stolen vehicle.

Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter identified the man Monday as 23-year-old German Gustavo Anchondo Gonzalez. The Pueblo Chieftain reports (http://goo.gl/5lDqa2 ) Cotter did not know if Gonzalez had a permanent address, but his next of kin live in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation says troopers pulled Gonzalez and his female passenger over near a gas station in Colorado City on Thursday night. Troopers say Gonzalez then fled on foot, stole a nearby vehicle and accelerated toward them.

The two troopers who were involved in the shooting have been placed on paid administrative leave.