Kmart Killer: Colo. Springs Police Seek Suspect In Fatal Shooting

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO -- Colorado Springs police are searching for a suspect in the Dec. 27 shooting at a Kmart parking lot that killed a Manitou Springs man. Police issued a warrant and charged Michael Joseph Parkhurst II, 23, with first degree murder. Parkhurst has not been taken into custody.

Around 6:30 p.m. Dec. 27, Colorado Springs police found Cory Forbush, 23, wounded in the parking lot of the Kmart in the 3000 block of North Nevada Avenue. He was taken to the hospital where he later died.

According to affidavit details released Friday by Channel 13, Forbush's brother told investigators the two were driving to McDonalds when Cory made a detour into the Kmart parking lot after speaking on the phone with an unknown person. The brother told police Cory took a gun from his truck and then walked to another car in the Kmart parking lot. The brother told police he "saw shots fired from the other vehicle. As the suspect vehicle was speeding away, Cory stumbled over to the passenger side of the truck and collapsed," according to Channel 13.

At first the brother was uncooperative with police and did not identify a shooter, but eventually, he told police he thought the killer was Parkhurst, Channel 13 reported.

The investigation remains open, Colorado Springs Police said.

Anyone with information or who is a witness to this investigation is asked to call the Colorado Springs Police Department at (719) 444-7000; or if you wish to remain anonymous, you may call Crime Stoppers Tip Line at (719) 634-STOP (7867) or 1-800-222-8477, Colorado Springs Police said in a statement.

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