UPDATE: Pueblo police thank community for assistance in homicide investigation

UPDATE: FRIDAY 6/21/2024 10:51 a.m.

(PUEBLO, Colo.) — The Pueblo Police Department (PPD) thanked the community for its assistance in helping to identify potential witnesses to a deadly shooting on Pueblo’s east side, on Monday, June 17.

PPD posted to its X page (formally known as Twitter) on Friday, June 21 around 10:40 a.m., and wrote, “Thank you to everyone who reached out to us with information. These witnesses have been identified.”

ORIGINAL STORY: Homicide victim identified, Pueblo PD seeking witnesses

THURSDAY 6/20/2024 4:56 p.m.

The Pueblo County Coroner has identified a woman killed in a shooting in Pueblo on Monday, June 17, and the Pueblo Police Department (PPD) is seeking witnesses in the shooting.

According to the Pueblo County Coroner , 28-year-old Sadie Hlavaty-Pagel was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound in a car in the 500 block of Erie Avenue, on Pueblo’s east side, around 12:30 p.m. on Monday.

Later in the day on Monday, PPD located the suspect in the shooting, 20-year-old Ruben Arturo Velez, driving a stolen car on the city’s south side. Velez led police on a short car chase, followed by a foot chase, before being captured, PPD said.

PPD is now asking for help identifying witnesses who may have seen something that could help their investigation. The two cars shown below were seen on surveillance footage around the time of the homicide, and PPD would like help identifying and contacting them.

If anyone recognizes either of these cars and can help police get in contact with the possible witnesses, you are asked to contact Detective Joe Cardona at (719) 553-3385.

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