Man+Shooting+Shotgun

A man was arrested Tuesday evening after it was reported that he was shooting a shotgun...Colorado Springs Police say.

Officers received calls from concerned neighbors at 6:07 p.m. Tuesday with reports that a man at 4603 N. Sleepy Hollow Circle was firing a shotgun. When they arrived on scene officers told all residents to seek shelter in their homes while they attempted to contact Brian Bikker, the...gunman, on the phone. Officers left several messages on Bikker's phone, asking him to come out of his house, unarmed.

With no response to their phone calls, police used a P.A. system to convince Bikker to come out of his home. Bikker walked out of the house and fired three shotgun blasts.He refused to drop his weapon and promptly went back into his house.

A short while later an officer managed to get Bikker on the phone and convinced him to give himself up.

Bikker was booked into El Paso County jail...of a weapons violation along with other charges.

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