Denver police have caught one of the suspects in a shooting outside a west Denver light rail station.
The suspect said that his accomplice also shot him after the crime, “saying you saw too much”.
Ever Valles
Ever Valles 19-year-old admitted that he was involved in the robbery and murder of Tim Cruz a 32-year-old. But Valles blamed his accomplice Nathan Valdez 19-year-old for pulling the trigger according to the affidavit.
The incident happened at around 2 a.m. on Tuesday (7 Feb) outside the RTD light rail station in west Denver.
Right now Valles is being held for investigation of first degree murder and aggravated robbery. He is at the Downtown Detention Center without bail.
Police is in search for Valdez, who is being considered armed and dangerous.
After the shooting, police released an image of the two suspects that was captured in nearby surveillance camera outside the rail station at West 12th Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard.
Nathan Valdez
Video footage showed that one of the suspects was wearing a black face mask and the second was wearing a face mask that appeared to be the lower half of a skull.
The Suspects robbed Cruz by searching his jacket. Then, the suspect in the solid black mask walked several feet away from Cruz and shot him.
The day after shooting a person came to the headquarters of the Denver Police Department and said that he was with the suspects the previous week. The identity of the person was not disclosed, he said that the men were wearing the same masks and carrying same backpacks when he was with them last week.
The person was able to show the detectives the Facebook page of Valles and was also able to identify him in a Department of Corrections photograph.
Valles waived his Miranda rights and identified himself as the man in the skull mask and admitted that he participated in the robbery.
But Valles accused Valdez in shooting the victim. He said that he did not know why Valdez shot the victim.
Valdez pointed gun towards “Valles and said you saw too much”, he pleaded Valdez, not to shoot him and turned to run away.
But Valdez fired a shot, striking him in his left hip, Valles said. The detectives saw a bullet wound on Valles left hip.
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