Publo Police Department critical incident briefing. Officer involved shooting March 18th, 2025, Pueblo, Colorado. Hello, I'm Captain Dustin Taylor with the PBLO Police Department. The following critical incident briefing video provides a summary of releasable facts and information currently known regarding an officer involved shooting in PBLO on March 18th, 2025. The incident that lasted just under an hour resulted in the shooting of three PO police officers and the death of the suspect. No additional community members were injured during this incident. The officers involved in this event were wearing a bodywn camera commonly referred to as BWC. BWC lenses and vehicle dash cameras are fixed and do not capture everything an officer sees, hears, or experiences during an incident. The depictions in this briefing are based on preliminary information. The Pubo Police Department's understanding of this incident may change as additional evidence is collected, analyzed, and reviewed. Please be advised that any statements expressed herein are subject to change. Warning, this video may contain graphic descriptions, language, and footage that may be disturbing to some individuals. Viewer discretion is advised. First encounter officer 1 dash cam. On Tuesday, March 18th, 2025, at approximately 7:12 p.m., Pubo police were attempting to locate Billy Sodto in the 12,200 block of Cedar Street. Sodto had recently been added to the FBI Southern Colorado Safe Streets Task Force's wanted criminal list for an attempted homicide warrant for his arrest. As two officers arrived in the area, Sodto brandished a high-powered assault rifle and immediately began firing 27 rounds within 8 seconds on the officers as they parked their patrol vehicles. Officer 1 was struck and incapacitated. Soda then fled the scene on foot. First encounter. Officer 1 BWC. Officer 2 reported that officer 1 had been shot and requested assistance while evaluating officer 1's injuries. A retired Army veteran in the area sprung into action and began rendering aid to the injured officer until additional first responders arrived on scene, which allowed officer 2 the ability to communicate important details to dispatch and responding officers as the search for Sodto continued. First encounter, officer 2, BWC. >> Yeah. >> Hey man, I'm an army vet. I got a CLS bag. >> Okay. Is he shot? >> I just need your help. Help me out. Okay, I got you, man. Oh [ __ ] Where's he head? Is he I got an army that here with me right now. He's helping me. >> Officers from several outside agencies responded to the scene and established a perimeter as well as an incident command post. Officers were actively searching the neighborhood for the suspect as officer 1 received treatment on scene and then was transported to a local hospital. At approximately 7:54 p.m., Sodto fired 12 rounds on officers in an alley, striking officer 3 several times. Second encounter with Sodto, officer 4 BWC. >> Yeah, see, >> unless we could No, I was going to say we could lift it off, but see how this is, see this whole pole's holding it, and then that side the hinges go up and down. We'd have to break kick the whole thing off there. YOU HIT >> [ __ ] >> WHERE'D IT COME FROM? >> I don't know. He's back here. >> Left arm. >> My leg. >> I can't tell. >> We got a drone coming or anything? Get him over to that gas station. >> Get a ambulance over to that altar right away. >> Officers continued their ongoing search for Sodto and at approximately 8:07 p.m. he again fired multiple rounds on officers in an alley and struck a third officer. Third encounter with Sodto. Officer 5 BWC. >> 100 to the drone units. Did you see my flashlight going up in the sky? >> I hear them right here. >> Oh [ __ ] Officer's hit. Officers were able to determine Sodto's location as he was firing on the third officer identified as officer 5 on screen. Teams from the Pobo Police Department and Pobo County Sheriff's Office moved into position. The suspect began shooting a fourth time and officers returned fire, striking the suspect. Third encounter with Sodto. Publo County Sheriff's Deputies BWC. >> What do you think? Hey, call off the cops. Call off the trail. Call the trail. THERE YOU GO. SHOTS FIRED. 1221. 12:21. >> Right next to you. Move. left office of the door BETWEEN >> third encounter with stood officer 6 BWC. >> Push right side. Push right side. Stop right here. >> Get out of the way. Get out of the way. >> Get down. Get down. >> Get down. >> Huh? >> Who's down there? >> Top of the roof. Top of the roof. I'm where? >> See the garage right here? >> I don't have mine either. >> I got mine. Where's he at? >> Hold on. Wait. >> Hold on. Watch out. Watch out. Coming through. Coming through. Watch. >> He's down. He's down. >> I got I got eyes. >> Officers rendered medical aid. However, the suspect was declared deceased on scene. Pursuant to Colorado State Law and Public Police Department policy, a critical incident response team, CERT, investigation was initiated, led by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, CBI. The investigation was forwarded to the 10th Judicial District Attorney's Office for determination on whether the officer's use of force complied with Colorado law. PBLO Police Department critical incident briefing. Additional information regarding investigative and transparency protocols is located on the PBLO Police Department's website at www.pblo. usp police.