One of two people arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of two teens on Flagstaff Avenue last weekend has been charged with 10 counts of attempted first-degree murder.
Jafeto Hernandez Gonzalez, 21, was formally charged Friday with five counts of attempted first-degree murder, gross indifference, first-degree assault, and second-degree assault.
He was also indicted on 11 counts of embezzlement.
Hernandez-Gonzalez was released on bail at $200,000 by Boulder County Judge David Archuleta at a hearing on Friday. He remains in custody, with a preliminary hearing scheduled for June 8.
Hernandez Gonzalez’s attorney, Kathryn Herrold, said Hernandez Gonzalez had no criminal record, strong family support and ties to the state of Colorado. asked for dollars.
His family also spoke out at the hearing, saying Hernandez-Gonzalez was “not a bad person.”
However, Boulder Deputy Attorney Ryan Day argued that bail should remain at the original amount of $500,000 set by the judge who signed the original arrest warrant. Day said prosecutors had added eight additional attempted murder charges since Hernandez Gonzalez’s arrest.
“If anything, the bond on the warrant was probably set too low given the ultimate method of claim,” Day said.
Archuleta said he chose a reduced bail amount, but said it was not as low as his defense had requested, as it balanced Hernandez-Gonzalez’s lack of criminal record and the severity of his crime.
A 17-year-old co-defendant, whose name has not been released because he is a juvenile, was also arrested in the case.
The shooting occurred at 4:30 a.m. on May 13 near Block 2300 on Flagstaff Street.
According to the arrest affidavit, one of the shooting victims, identified in the indictment as Andrew Tapia, 18, was driving a Cadillac with the group when it crashed into a guardrail on Flagstaff Road.
One of the passengers called her boyfriend to pick her up, and he arrived at the scene with his friend Hernandez Gonzalez, who also tried to get on board.
According to the affidavit, when Tapia was told he could not go with the woman and Hernandez Gómez, he became furious, banged on the hood of Hernandez Gonzalez’s car and claimed to have a gun. It is said that
Witnesses said Hernandez Gonzalez returned and threatened to shoot Tapia.
Tapia was finally able to get his family to pick him up and the other passengers, and they all waited in the parking lot at the trailhead for more cars.
As they waited, the car stopped and someone inside opened fire, hitting Tapia and a 17-year-old boy at the scene.
Victim’s friends tried to drive the teens to the hospital in a Dodge Charger before being stopped in the parking lot of King Supers in Boulder. .
A 17-year-old boy suffered a serious leg injury that required surgery. Tapia suffered minor injuries to his buttocks, but he was treated and released.
Two guns were reportedly found in the charger carrying the wounded teenagers, one of which was Tapia’s.
Witnesses said Hernandez-Gonzalez admitted to the shooting, and one witness said Hernandez-Gonzalez claimed Tapia showed him a weapon, according to the affidavit.
Hernandez Gonzalez’s father’s car was registered at a license plate reader on Baseline Road and 17th Street just before 4 a.m. on the day of the shooting.
Police also recovered cellphones from several witnesses, including one that attempted to warn teens that Hernandez Gonzalez was coming to shoot.
Hernandez Gonzalez and a juvenile suspect were arrested after a search was conducted at an unincorporated Adams County home near the intersection of Route 36 and North Pecos Street.
Detectives have also seized several vehicles involved in the incident and are continuing to question witnesses.
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