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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- A wanted man from El Paso County got into a shootout with authorities in another state, and there may have been warning signs.

The man, 47-year-old Curtis Scrivner, was shot and killed by a deputy near the small Idaho town of Riggins Wednesday morning.

Scrivner was wanted in Colorado for aggravated robbery and had threatened police before.

Scrivner wrote a letter to the judge in the case in early November.

He never directly threatened to shoot police, but authorities in El Paso County were concerned enough to warn local law enforcement to be careful if they had contact with Scrivner.

Police in Idaho said a deputy was shot in the stomach and ankle during the shootout. The deputy was airlifted to a hospital in Boise and is listed in stable condition.

Scrivner's story in El Paso County starts last April. Colorado Springs police said Scrivner pointed a gun at another man and demanded his cell phone. He was charged with attempted aggravated robbery.

He posted a $10,000 bond and was released from jail.

But then he wrote a letter to the district court judge in his case. In the letter Scrivner said he is giving the court the opportunity to drop the charges against him.

He implies that the charges are false and compares his situation to the persecution of the Jews by the Nazis in World War II.

The letter, signed by Scrivner, said "this is also the kind of situation that gets cops killed when they violate the people's rights, and they defend themselves from tyrannical police."

The letter was concerning enough that the district attorney's office put out a warning on a national database that Scrivner could be dangerous and was refusing to appear in court.

The district attorney also filed a motion to have his bond revoked.

A few days later, Scrivner was supposed to have his regular court date on the aggravated robbery charges, and that is when the motion to revoke his bond would have been heard. But he never showed up, and the judge issued a bench warrant.

Idaho deputies tried to pick up Scrivner Tuesday on the El Paso County warrant, but they said Scrivner pointed a gun at them and ran off.

Because of his previous threats to police, Idaho deputies put together a team Wednesday morning to try and bring Scrivner in, and that's when the shootout happened.

The senior deputy district attorney on Scrivner's case said everyone involved did what they were supposed to in order to try and keep cops safe and arrest Scrivner peacefully.
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Original story:

A man wanted in El Paso County for failing to appear on a felony warrant was killed by deputies in Riggins, Idaho.

A deputy contacted 47-year-old Curtis Scrivner Tuesday about failing to appear in an El Paso County court. Scrivner displayed a gun and fled from the deputy.

Authorities called backup because of Scrivner's previous threats to officers. Idaho County officials said Scrivner died around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. A deputy was injured in the shootout and was taken to the hospital. He is in stable condition.