Tag: homicide
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Judge rules case against suspect in fatal June road rage shooting can proceed
An El Paso County judge bound over a single count of second-degree murder for the suspect in a June road rage incident Tuesday, allowing the case to proceed despite opposing arguments that the suspect was acting in defense of another. Howard Heyliger, 31, is accused of shooting and killing Matthew Helberg, 39, on June 26…
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1 dead, 1 wounded in overnight shooting in northeast Colorado Springs
A shooting left one man dead and sent another to the hospital with life-threatening injuries in Colorado Springs early Sunday, according to an online blotter post by city police. Police responded just before 2 a.m. to a shooting in the 3500 block of North Academy Boulevard, near North Union Boulevard. Officers found two victims —…
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Victim identified in September Colorado Springs homicide
The El Paso County Coroner’s Office identified Emanuel Montoya, 36, as the victim of a suspected homicide last week in east Colorado Springs, according to a Wednesday news release. Colorado Springs police found Montoya slumped over and deceased in a car just before midnight Sept. 25 in the 300 block of Wooten Road. The coroner…
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Victims of apparent murder-suicide in Fountain ID’d
The Fountain Police Department announced on Wednesday the names of the victims of an apparent murder-suicide on Sept. 25, also revealing two young children were in the home at the time of the deaths. Amanda Larribas, 33, was identified as one of the deceased people at the scene of the crime, and her death is…
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Pueblo police investigating homicide involving ‘fight with weapons’
Officers have interviewed an alleged shooter after a man was killed by a gunshot wound at the 3000 block of West Northern Avenue, according to a release by the Pueblo Police Department. Officers were in the area responding to a possible auto theft when the communications center received a report of a “fight with weapons”…
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Leadville man arrested after fatal road-rage shooting
A road rage incident turned fatal on U.S. Highway 24 in Lake County, after a Leadville man allegedly shot and killed another driver late Tuesday night. Robert Price Chase, 31, was arrested and faces charges of second-degree murder after allegedly shooting and killing another driver around 10 p.m. in the 13200 block of U.S. 24.,…
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Length of prison sentence doesn’t match the request of victim’s family
One of the four teens arrested in connection with the 2023 murder of 32-year-old Gabriel Villanueba was sentenced to more than 30 years in prison on Tuesday. Santiago Dominguez, now 20, faced a handful of felonies related to the murder. After pleading not guilty in August 2024, Dominguez took his case before a jury. The…
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Victim of homicide in east Colorado Springs identified
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man who died of a gunshot wound in the 1200 block of Potter Drive on Sept. 6 has been identified as 29-year-old Ismael Rivera-Mora, according to a news release from the Colorado Springs Police…
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Trial for suspect in Custer County 2023 triple homicide delayed again
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The triple homicide case that shook Custer County nearly two years ago was set to go before a jury next week, but a Fremont County judge granted a request Wednesday to delay the trial for the third time since the case started. Hanme Clark, 46,…
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1 dead, 1 injured in shooting Saturday night on Colorado Springs’ east side
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A shooting late Saturday on the city’s east side left one person dead and another wounded, according to a blotter post by the Colorado Springs Police Department. Police responded to a shots fired call just after 11 p.m. in the 1200 block of Potter Drive,…