Colorado Springs police mark the crime scene outside the El Paso County courthouse in Colorado Springs, Colo., Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, after a shooting. The courthouse was evacuated and closed for the rest of the day. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP) 
Emergency personnel transport a patient outside the El Paso County courthouse in Colorado Springs, Colo., Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, after a shooting outside the courthouse. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP) 
People leave the El Paso County courthouse in Colorado Springs, Colo., after a shooting outside the courthouse Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP) 
Police and firefighters work the scene of a shooting outside the El Paso County courthouse in Colorado Springs, Colo., Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023 Another person is in police custody. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP) 
Police escort people out of the El Paso County courthouse in Colorado Springs, Colo., Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, after a shooting outside the courthouse. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP)
COLORADO SPRINGS | A person was shot and killed outside a courthouse in Colorado Springs on Thursday, authorities said, shutting down court proceedings for the day as police investigated.
One person was found dead outside the El Paso County Courthouse, and one person was taken into custody, Colorado Springs police said on X, the social media service formerly known as Twitter.
The Colorado Springs Police Department said in a statement late Thursday that the shooter and the victim knew each other, and the context of that relationship is under investigation.
“Everyone associated with this shooting is accounted for, and there remains no ongoing threat to the public,” the statement said.
Police have not released the names of those involved.