CSPD: Suspect wanted for First-Degree Murder charges found

(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The suspect of a stabbing that happened in February 2024 has been found after police began searching for him in April 2024.

According to the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) on February 2 at around 5:20 p.m. officers were called to the 1200 block of N. Circle Dr. south of Palmer Park Boulevard about a stabbing.

When officers arrived they learned two men identified as 42-year-old Branden Lee Bishop and 56-year-old Lawny Norvell had gotten into an argument, after they separated, Bishop allegedly returned and stabbed the victim with a knife, causing serious injury. Norvell was taken to the hospital where on April 26 he died from his injuries.

On April 29, Bishop who had been arrested on charges of First-Degree Assault and bonded out had his charges amended to First-Degree Murder, and a warrant for his arrest was issued.

On Thursday, May 30 at around 4:15 p.m. Bishop was found in the 200 block of North 14th Street in Old Colorado City and taken into custody without incident.

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