THORNTON, Colo — A suspect in a fatal shooting in Thornton was arrested Friday after Adams County SWAT found him hiding in the crawl space of a home.
Rodolfo Antonio Ramirez, 25, of Denver, was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in the Dec. 23 shooting near 136th Avenue and Franklin Street.
Authorities located Ramirez on Friday inside a home at 541 Dakin St., in the Western Hills neighborhood, according to a release from the Adams County Sheriff's Office.
Law enforcement surrounded the house. When Ramirez refused to surrender, Adams County SWAT entered the house and found him hiding in a crawl space, according to the release.
Ramirez was arrested in the fatal shooting of Alejandro Antonio Villagrana, 25, of Denver.
According to the Adams County Sheriff's Office, a deputy spotted a suspicious vehicle just before 2 p.m. Dec. 23 near 136th Avenue and Franklin Street.
The deputy noticed an injured man being removed from the rear seat of a four-door pickup truck by another man, the sheriff's office said. The deputy approached the vehicle to render aid, and the driver got into the vehicle and fled the scene.
The deputy found that the injured man had a gunshot wound to the lower torso. The man was taken to a hospital, where he died of his injuries.
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