Jacob Langley was 22 when he was shot and killed during a dispute at the Ridgeview Place Apartments on Knoll Lane in Colorado Springs on the afternoon of November 25, 2022. A father and HVAC installer-in-training who had moved from Cushing, Oklahoma in 2019, he was helping his wife Andrea Bettis and their one-year-old daughter leave the apartment after a verbal altercation with a roommate.

According to Andrea, Jacob wrestled a firearm away from the roommate while they were loading their car. She said she then heard gunfire from inside the apartment and saw the roommate shouting at Jacob and firing additional shots with a second gun as Jacob tried to drive away; the vehicle later rolled to a stop. Jacob was found with gunshot injuries, taken to a local hospital, and later pronounced dead. The El Paso County Coroner’s Office performed an autopsy, and the shooting was counted as Colorado Springs homicide number 49 for 2022.

A suspect who knew Jacob surrendered to police and investigators said the incident was not random; police told family the shooter claimed self-defense. The Colorado Springs Police Department closed the investigation without filing charges after accepting the claim of self-defense. If anyone knew Jacob or has information about what happened that afternoon, please share what you remember.