Good Guy with a Gun #9: Colorado Springs, CO
Original incident: November 20, 2023
This is the kind of content featured in the 2026 Good Guy with a Gun one-page-per-day desk calendar.
Early on November 20, 2023, just after 3:00 AM, Skyler Cisneros forced his way into an apartment at the Residence at Austin Bluffs in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The resident inside grabbed a gun and fired a shot his way.
Cisneros bolted, but police nabbed the 35-year-old nearby. He faced “burglary related charges” — I don’t know how that’s different from “burglary.”
No one was hurt.
It’s unclear if they knew each other.
Sources
The Denver Gazette, Fox21 News
13abc Action News, TV update only. 13abc used the spelling “Skylar” where the other news sources say “Skyler.”
That’s it. There’s no follow-up anywhere that I can see.
Unfortunately, the lack of follow-up from the press is all-too-common. The terrifying situations, where someone shoots three innocent people, will get lots of articles and tons of follow-up, but the Good Guy with a Gun story is hardly a blip on the radar. Is it any wonder people think GGWAG stories are a myth?
But they’re not: In fact...
That thing that never happens, happens every day.
Like the idea of a Good Guy with a Gun story every single day? Get the 2026 calendar! All 365 pages feature a news story from 2024.
In addition, this Substack will feature Good Guy with a Gun stories every day of the year, all taken from news stories so you can verify them yourself and share them around. They’ll generally be from about two years prior, which gives time to make sure there aren’t any legal or fraud issues to worry about.
Starting in 2026, we’ll open up paid subscriptions, and all paid subscribers will get seven posts per week. (People who bought a calendar will be eligible for a free full subscription.) Unpaid subscribers will still get two GGWAG stories every week.