A Colorado police officer died after he was critically injured when he fell from a 40-foot bridge while pursuing suspects in a carjacking, police said.
. Becerra, who was 35, worked in the patrol division as a K9 officer. Fountain City is about 15 miles south of Colorado Springs.
According to a news release from the police department, the officer fell from an overpass while trying to catch a carjacking suspect on Feb. 2. After he was hospitalized,Officers had been asked to help the Department of Corrections find a carjacking suspect from Pueblo, about 30 miles south of the city around 4 p.m. the day of the fall.
The pursuit unfolded over several hours eventually leading to a foot chase between one carjacking suspect and officers near the intersection of Interstate 25, police said.
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