In the predawn hours of a Sunday in Colorado Springs, the quiet of the Cimarron Hills neighborhood was shattered by the sound of gunfire. On September 24, 2023, just before 3 a.m., the Colorado Springs Police Department received a call reporting a shooting in the 3200 block of Divine Heights. Responding officers arrived at an apartment complex to a grim scene.
Inside one of the units, they discovered the body of a young man, later identified as 23-year-old Benjamin Gupta, a resident of Colorado Springs. He was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The El Paso County Coroner's Office conducted an autopsy and confirmed the identity of the male victim. While the official cause and manner of death were pending the coroner's final determination, the Colorado Springs Police Department immediately began investigating Gupta's death as a homicide. Detectives from the Homicide Unit were called in to process the scene and interview potential witnesses. Their investigation revealed that Gupta had been fatally shot.
In the days following the shooting, authorities stated that no arrests had been made in connection with Benjamin Gupta's death. However, the police department did announce that all individuals involved in the incident had been identified and accounted for, and they assured the public that there was no ongoing danger to the community. Despite this assurance, the circumstances leading up to the fatal shooting and the identity of any potential suspect or suspects have not been publicly released. The investigation into the city's 23rd homicide of 2023 remains active, and authorities have encouraged anyone with information to come forward.
