DENVER — Two suspects in a Wednesday morning homicide in Jefferson County remain at large Wednesday evening despite deputies finding the pickup truck in which the suspects left the scene of the crime.
Jacki Kelley, a spokesperson for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, said two people were taken into custody who were inside a gold Chevrolet pickup when the truck was found in the 2400 block of West 29th Avenue. But she said their involvement is currently unknown and that the two suspects in the homicide were not in custody.
The homicide happened in the 3600 block of South Depew Street at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Deputies found a man in the driver’s seat of a pickup in a parking lot who had been shot. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Witnesses told deputies there were two men near the truck when the shooting happened, Kelley said. The two men were described as thin Hispanic men in their late teens or early 20s.
They ran out of the parking lot and were seen on camera getting into the gold Chevrolet truck at a nearby apartment complex. A third person was driving the truck at the time.
The block was put on a shelter in place order while deputies and the regional SWAT team cleared buildings. Deputies found the gold truck Wednesday afternoon.
The sheriff’s office is asking anyone with information on the homicide, or the suspects, to call the sheriff’s office at 303-271-5612 or Denver Metro Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867.