A suspect arrested in a Denver murder is being held for investigation of first-degree homicide, police mentioned.
Lorenzo Navidad Hernandez, 51, was arrested Tuesday after officers had been referred to as at about 10 p.m. Monday to the 2900 block of West nineteenth Avenue, close to Empower Subject at Mile Excessive, on a report of a person mendacity in entrance of a enterprise. The sufferer was pronounced lifeless on the scene.
“The circumstances relating to what led to the lethal encounter are nonetheless beneath investigation,” police mentioned in a Wednesday information launch.
Safety video from a enterprise within the space exhibits a person pushing a motorbike whereas holding a big knife in his proper hand, in line with an arrest affidavit within the case. The person leans the bicycle towards a pole after which walks out of the digital camera view. A number of seconds go by and the person returns into digital camera view, working again to the bicycle and holding the knife. The sufferer is seen chasing the suspect, holding his facet. The bicyclist flees, whereas the sufferer tries to make use of his mobile phone after which lies down. When officers arrived, the sufferer was discovered mendacity in a pool of blood.
On Tuesday, police investigators checked out extra HALO digital camera footage from the world, which exhibits the suspect using southbound on Federal Boulevard, then westbound on West Colfax Avenue, in line with the affidavit.
Investigators interviewed a number of individuals within the space of the incident and had been advised that the suspect is called “Weddo.” Investigators then talked with somebody who mentioned that Weddo’s first title is Lorenzo, and that he retailers at a neighborhood liquor retailer. Investigators used surveillance pictures from the liquor retailer to establish “Lorenzo” as Hernandez. A tip to police on Tuesday positioned Hernandez in a park close to West Alameda Avenue and South Newton Avenue and officers responded to the park. Hernandez was noticed and through a pat down a “giant steak knife” was discovered within the pocket of his hoodie, in line with the affidavit. He was taken into custody.
The Denver Workplace of the Medical Examiner will establish the sufferer after the household has been notified and can decide the trigger and method of loss of life. The police investigation will probably be submitted to the Denver District Lawyer’s Workplace for submitting of fees, if any.
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