Woman says police didn't respond to 911 report that her husband was taken hostage until he had already been killed
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A woman who received a desperate text from her husband indicating he had been taken hostage said Tuesday that she called 911 but that police did not respond until about an hour later, by which time he had been shot and killed.
On its online police blotter, the Colorado Springs Police Department said it found two deceased adult males on Friday at the location that Talija Campbell said she feared her husband Qualin Campbell was being held by another man. It said the officers responded to a report of a shooting there at 2:09 p.m.
"The Colorado Springs Police Department Homicide Unit continued the investigation. Currently, there are no threats to the community," according to the crime blotter, which is titled: "Suspicious Circumstances."
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