By Ellie Mulder
The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Deputy Scott Stone was released from UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central Wednesday, more than a week after he was wounded in a gunbattle during an attempted auto-theft arrest, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office reported.
Deputy Micah Flick was slain in the Feb. 5 shooting in the parking lot of an apartment complex near North Murray Boulevard and Galley Road.
Stone, sheriff’s Sgt. Jacob Abendschan, Colorado Springs police Detective Marcus Yanez and Thomas Villanueva, a resident, were injured.
The shooter - Manuel Zetina, 19, of Colorado Springs - also was killed.
Shortly before 6 p.m. Wednesday, the Sheriff’s Office announced on social media that Stone was being released, including a message from the wounded deputy.
“I would like to say thank you to the community for all of the support shown to me and my family,” Stone said in the statement. “I have a long road to full recovery ahead of me but your support makes it so much easier. I would like to extend a thank you to Memorial Hospital for their professionalism they showed during my stay.
“My family and I would request for continued prayers and thoughts to the Flick family and all those who were affected by the shooting on Feb 5, 2018. There is still a lot of healing that is needed by all.”
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