A Christmas Eve fight at Citadel Mall in Colorado Springs turned deadly on December 24, 2023. Around 4:34 PM, an altercation between two groups escalated into gunfire; three people were struck. Officers found 18-year-old Teryus Rajova Nyshawn Thomas dead from a gunshot wound. Two other men were wounded and taken to hospitals in stable condition.

Teryus Thomas was an African American lifelong Colorado Springs resident and a 2023 graduate of Mitchell High School, where he captained the varsity football team. Family remembered him as kind, respectful, and playful; he had plans to open a barbershop and was expecting a child with his girlfriend, Symone Normore. The Colorado Springs Police Homicide Unit identified a suspect and an arrest warrant was issued January 9, 2024; the suspect was taken into custody the next day and charged in connection with the shooting.

If anyone was at Citadel Mall that afternoon or has information about the fight, please share what was seen or heard.