LATEST: A chaotic drunken brawl preceded the hit-and-run at a Golden bar that killed one man and injured seven other people early Sunday morning, according to court records.
Adrian Ponce, 26, was killed when a pickup truck driver plowed a Chevy Silverado into a crowd of people outside Rock Rest Lodge on Mt. Vernon Road in Golden around 1:43 a.m. Sunday. A bar patron, Ronnie Fisher, 27, and two bar employees, Robert Fulcomer, 52, and Michael Gause, 28, were also seriously injured.
Marquez, who has a lengthy criminal history in Colorado and is on parole, was also charged with violating that parole and violating a previous protection order by drinking alcohol. He told deputies that he was “ drunk” when he was arrested Sunday. Avila said he denied being in a gang. Marquez told investigators during his arrest that he is a member of a gang. Another witness told investigators that Avila and Marquez had exchanged light-hearted banter about gang affiliations with another group of men throughout the night, and that it did not turn serious until later.
After the attack, Avila got back into the driver’s seat and drove away, at which point the trio were pulled over, according to the affidavit, which notes several of the witnesses to the attack were drunk and some suffered blackouts.