GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. — A 19-year-old has been arrested in the death of a man who was found shot multiple times inside a vehicle in April near Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village Police said on Thursday.
Jorge Trujillo, of Aurora, is being held on suspicion of second-degree murder in the April 27 death of Jose Angel Hernandez. Greenwood Village Police officers found Hernandez's body inside a vehicle about 5 a.m. that Saturday morning near East Union Avenue and South Yosemite Street.
While the area is across the street from Cherry Creek High School, the fatal shooting was not connected to the school, police said.
According to the arrest affidavit, Trujillo, Hernandez, Trujillo's brother and another friend met up on the night of April 26 to go to a club to sell drugs.
After leaving the club, Hernandez and Trujillo got into an argument after Hernandez accused Trujillo of still holding onto his drugs, the affidavit states. The group then pulled into the spot where the shooting happened as the argument continued.
The other friend and Trujillo got out of the vehicle in an attempt to calm Trujillo down. Trujillo's brother also exited the vehicle and was talking with Hernandez. Hernandez and Trujillo's brother's conversation escalated to an argument, according to the affidavit.
Trujillo then went near his brother and fired at Hernandez who was sitting in the driver's seat, the affidavit says.
Trujillo and the two others then ran from the shooting scene, the affidavit says. Trujillo was caught on surveillance from a nearby business saying "... whatever bro, I just started shooting. I'm going to puke."
Trujillo was being held in the Arapahoe County jail on $1 million bail. He is next due in court on Sept. 3.
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