LAKEWOOD, Colo — A 34-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a man at the Blue Sky Motel on West Colfax Avenue in Lakewood.
Officers from the Lakewood Police Department (LPD) were called out to the motel at 6205 W. Colfax Ave. just before 3 a.m. Tuesday morning where they found a man with gunshot wounds. The victim, who later died, was identified as 29-year-old Geronimo Alvarado.
LPD said the suspect in the shooting, Julian Juan Rivera, was arrested later that same day in Castle Rock. He's now being held at the Jefferson County Jail for suspicion of first-degree murder.
No information about what motivated the crime was immediately available.
Anyone with information on this case is asked to call the LPD tip line at 303-763-6800.
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