JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — A man is facing attempted murder charges after shooting at an occupied vehicle in Jefferson County last month, the sheriff's office said.
Two people were driving in the area of West 32nd Avenue and Eldridge Street in the Applewood neighborhood the evening of May 23 when their vehicle was shot multiple times, the sheriff's office said.
The driver was injured by flying shards of glass after a bullet pierced the windshield. He was taken to the hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries. The passenger was not injured.
Deputies said the victims' vehicle was hit seven times by rounds from a .223 rifle. They said the shooting "appeared to be random and entirely unprovoked."
Deputies identified the suspect car as a black Audi sedan.
The suspect, 31-year-old Paul Behme, was found at a hotel in Wheat Ridge and taken into custody on Tuesday. He was booked into jail on attempted murder charges, as well as multiple drug-related felony warrants.
According to an arrest affidavit, in an interview after he was taken into custody, Behme agreed to talk about what happened the night of May 23.
According to the affidavit, Behme told police he was having problems with street gang members, and was in the area of Ward Road in Arvada when someone in a truck started shooting at him. He believed the person recognized his passenger.
Behme told police that as the driver of the truck was chasing him, he turned down a side road. When he got to an area where he thought he could turn around and shoot back -- the roundabout at West 32nd Avenue and Eldridge Street -- he told his passenger to get a gun from the back of the car. Behme told police he then fired about six times, aiming at the radiator of the vehicle, trying to disable it.
The passenger then "yelled that he was not shooting at the right vehicle," the affidavit says, so Behme stopped shooting and sped away.
On Thursday, the Parker Police Department said Behme is also being held on charges of attempted murder and menacing in connection with shots fired at a Holiday Inn on Cottonwood Drive on June 11.
According to a police bulletin, witnesses reported hearing an argument between Behme and another man before the shots were fired.
Police said witnesses captured video of the suspect pointing a gun at the victim in the parking lot and firing multiple shots while driving away in a black Audi sedan.
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