Man accused of firing gun throughout battle over parking spot at Colorado Springs purchasing middle – Colorado Springs Gazette

A 27-year-old man was arrested Saturday after firing a gun at another man during a fight over a parking spot, Colorado Springs police said.

Peyman Babei faces a charge of attempted second-degree murder after a fistfight around noon in a shopping center parking lot in the 3000 block of North Powers Boulevard escalated to gunfire, police reported.

Witnesses told police that two men arguing over a parking space got into a fistfight before one of them pulled out a gun and fired it.

Babei told police that he fired his weapon at the ground.

No one was struck by the bullet, which hit a nearby car, breaking a window and damaging the interior, police said.