A 22-year-old murder suspect in Jefferson County allegedly shot a man and hit a woman in the head with a gun during a late-night gathering at a Wheat Ridge cemetery.
told investigators he shot a man who threatened to puke on a grave at Crown Hill Cemetery during a memorial service for his friend.
Paramedics transported both victims to the hospital where Chavez later died from his injuries, police said. The woman was treated and released. While the group was standing around the grave, Chavez was starting to feel sick and told Trujillo-Falcon he needed to vomit, according to the affidavit. Trujillo-Falcon told police that the woman pulled him down by the hair and, while on the ground, he pulled his gun out from his waistband and struck her in the head with it, according to the affidavit.
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