Tag: homicide
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Police investigating second homicide at Monte Vista motel in three months
A shooting at the Rio Grande Motel in Monte Vista on Saturday evening resulted in the second homicide at the motel this year, according to a news release by Monte Vista police. Officers responded around 7:30 p.m. to the motel after a report of someone with a gunshot wound and found a deceased 45-year-old male…
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18-year-old charged in fatal shooting at Colorado Springs car meet-up
Surveillance footage helped lead police to a teenager charged in the shooting death of another teen during a car meet-up in Colorado Springs, according to a partially redacted arrest affidavit obtained by The Gazette. Jericho Martinez, 18, faces several charges, including first-degree murder, after prosecutors say he fired 12 rounds in a parking lot in…
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‘I didn’t want her discovered:’ More details revealed in Colorado Springs motel murder
A man accused of killing a woman by blunt force at a Colorado Springs motel made attempts to hide her body so he could “get away,” court documents show. Officers from the Colorado Springs Police Department arrived at a motel on the city’s south side on the morning of May 20. Upon entering the room,…
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Pueblo shooting victim, 18, ID’d; teenager turns himself in
The victim of a fatal shooting on Pueblo’s east side on Monday was identified as 18-year-old Desi Ortiz, the Pueblo County Coroner’s Office announced. In an update to their news release on Monday, Pueblo police said a 17-year-old boy turned himself in later in the day for the early afternoon shooting in the 2100 block…
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1 dead after shooting on Pueblo’s east side
An early afternoon shooting in Pueblo on Monday left one person dead near the 2100 block of Oakshire Lane, according to a news release by police. The department’s ShotSpotter system detected gunfire shortly before several calls were made to 911 about a gunshot victim. “A vehicle involved in the incident” was stopped in the 1500…
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Death of Pueblo teen found in crash ruled homicide
Pueblo County Coroner Gregory Grahek ruled the death of a 15-year-old who was found deceased after a crash in Pueblo on Sunday was a homicide, according to a news release by police. Police discovered the teenager in the driver’s seat around 4:30 p.m. near the intersection of Summit Avenue and Routt Avenue, where the single-vehicle…
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Apparent motive revealed for ex-state Senate candidate accused of murder
A former state Senate candidate accused of murder in Colorado Springs allegedly told police that the shooting was in self-defense, arrest papers show. The victims are painting a different story. Robert Dougher, 43, was shot in the chest on Sunday following a dispute in the 1900 block of Calle De Seville, south of Old Colorado…
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Murdered Colorado Springs-area man identified almost 40 years later
The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office has identified the skeletal remains of a murdered man discovered in 1986 on a ranch in an unincorporated part of the county. The man, identified Tuesday as 31-year-old Peter Joseph Paskovich Jr., was determined by the coroner to be shot in the head after his remains were found in…
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Crime Recap: 306 arrested last week in El Paso County
Colorado Springs police saw a homicide, a juvenile death in a crash and several fires last week, with law enforcement making a total of 306 arrests in El Paso County. From April 19 to April 25, the Colorado Springs Police Department posted 10 blotter entries to its database of arrests approved for public release. Here is…
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Man, 22, identified as victim of fourth Colorado Springs homicide in 2026
Colorado Springs police on Thursday identified the victim of a homicide on April 17 as 22-year-old Marley Day. Danna Corral-Montelongo, 23, is accused of shooting Day in the torso during a disturbance just after 11:30 p.m. in the 1500 block of East Buena Ventura Street near the Patty Jewett Golf Course, police said. Police arrested…