LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Two suspects have been arrested after a Lakewood shooting on Sunday evening that ended with one woman dead.
The Lakewood Police Department said police were called to the 1400 block of Kendall Street after receiving a report of a shooting on Sunday around 8:30 p.m. There, they found a woman with an apparent gunshot wound.
She was transported to a hospital, where she died of her injuries. She has been identified as Nairelis “Junior” Castel, 26, of Lakewood, police said.
Amid this investigation, Lakewood police identified a suspect as 25-year-old Flor Contreras and arrested her on suspicion of complicity to commit first-degree murder. Police identified a second suspect, Menelson Leonel Ramirez, 27, of Aurora, who had fled the state, police said.
He was arrested in Megargel, Texas and will be extradited to Colorado. He will face a first-degree murder charge, police said.
Police said their investigation indicated that the two suspects and the victim knew each other.
No other information was immediately available Friday afternoon.
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