Colorado tragic strike : 4 teen have just been found dead in homicide in downtown Colorado Springs alley….
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – Following a shooting where two teens from Pueblo were killed and multiple others were injured, authorities believe they caught the man who pulled the trigger in another state.
The deadly shooting was carried out early Sunday morning in the 1900 block of Chelton Road. The neighborhood is on the southeast side of Colorado Springs between S. Academy Boulevard and Jet Wing Drive. When police arrived at one scene they found 13-year-old Marcus Venezio-Hernandez and 15-year-old Nevean Tafoya dead and three others with non-life threatening injuries.
About six minutes after the first shooting was reported, police received a call for a second shooting in the 2400 block of Lexington Village Lane, about half a mile away. At the second location another juvenile boy had been shot, but he is expected to survive. Investigators believe the boy found shot at the second scene was involved in the shooting at the first scene along Chelton, it isn’t clear why he left the area.
On Friday, the U.S. Marshals Service announced the arrest of 19-year-old Kadin Dyer Blaschke. Blaschke is facing two charges of 2nd-degree homicide. The suspect was picked up at a Motel 6 in Renov, Nevada.
Before 8 pm Monday, CSPD Officers were sent out on a report of an assault in progress near the intersection of Cimarron St and Tejon St in downtown Colorado Springs.
The body of a man was found in the alley near the McDivitt Law Firm. The El Paso County Coroner’s Office has identified the victim as 41-year-old Kelty Marron.
Police have arrested 34-year-old Luke Herndon on a charge of murder in the 2nd degree. According to police, the suspect and victim knew each other.
No information on a possible motive has been released.
Kelty’s death is the 40th homicide of the year in Colorado Springs.
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