Gang member tied to Clements killing arrested
A white supremacist gang member wanted for questioning in the ambush killing of Colorado’s prisons chief was arrested Thursday in Colorado Springs.
Thomas Goulee, who has been called a “person of interest” in the homicide investigation, was taken into custody on an outstanding felony warrant, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
The sheriff’s office, the lead investigative agency in the Clements case, said Goulee is being held at the county jail on a no-hold bond for violation of parole.
“No additional information will be shared at this time regarding” Goulee’s arrest, the release states.
Goulee’s arrest comes a week after authorities arrested James Lohr, another member of the 211 Crew prison gang, also in Colorado Springs.
Lohr, who allegedly ran from authorities and disposed of a gun during a police pursuit, has also been called a “person of interest” in the case.
Lohr and Goulee were reportedly in “frequent contact” with Evan Ebel, the key suspect in the slaying of Colorado Department of Corrections Executive Director Tom Clements, in the days leading up to the March 19 slaying.
Ebel, who was shot to death in a gunfight with Texas authorities, is also a suspect in the killing of a pizza delivery driver in the Denver area two days before Clements was gunned down when he answered the door of his Monument-area home.
Authorities believe Ebel may have posed as a pizza deliveryman to get Clements to answer his door.
Sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Joe Roybal said Goulee was taken into custody about 5:30 p.m.
“We’re not releasing where he was arrested because we are still working that area, looking for evidence,” he said.
Roybal also declined to disclose which agency or agencies arrested Goulee. But 9News in Denver said he was arrested by Colorado Springs police and the Colorado Fugitive Location and Apprehension Group.
A spokesman for the Colorado Springs Police Department did not immediately return a call for comment.
Lohr, who was wanted for three outstanding warrants unrelated to the Clements case, remains in custody on $250,000 bond. He is also being held on suspicion of vehicular eluding, reckless driving and speeding.
Roybal said investigators tried to interview Lohr after he was taken into custody.
“I can’t reveal what the interview produced, if it produced anything at all,” he said.
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