Tag: First-degree Murder
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20-year-old murder suspect surrenders: Pueblo police
A suspect in a deadly shooting voluntarily turned himself in to Pueblo police on Sunday, according to a news release. Leandro Medina, 20, was wanted on suspicion of first-degree murder and first-degree assault in connection with a double shooting that killed 20-year-old Evie Gallegos last week. Just before 3:30 a.m. Feb. 26, officers responded to…
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Arrest made in Pueblo’s 1st homicide investigation of 2026
Pueblo police have made an arrest in the city’s first homicide of 2026, according to a Monday news release. James McKenney, 63, faces a charge of first-degree murder, officials said. Just after 6:30 a.m. Saturday, officers responded to a call about a shooting at the Days Inn hotel, located at 4201 N. Elizabeth St. When…
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A jail death in Denver raises questions about intake policies — and how a man with a violent history kept getting released early
On June 30, deputies from the Denver Sheriff Department responded to an overnight call for help in the agency’s Downtown Detention Center. They found a man — later identified as 34-year-old Vincent Chacon — unresponsive in his cell, where he was pronounced dead, the police said in a news release. Police investigators later said the…
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4th Judicial district attorneys disqualified in Springs Rescue Mission stabbing case due to ‘extreme’ statements
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A statement made by one of the prosecutors in a Springs Rescue Mission stabbing case resulted in both him and the 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office being taken off the case, an El Paso County judge ruled Tuesday. Rocky West, 34, is facing a single…