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The Pueblo Police Department is investigating a highway death from Monday s early hours as a homicide.
About 4:38 a.m. Monday, officers were dispatched to the U.S. Highway 50 bypass westbound from Bonforte Boulevard for a reported traffic crash involving a motorcyclist. At about the same time, police received a call for shots fired near the intersection of the bypass and Hudson Avenue.
According to police, once on scene officers determined there had not been a crash, but the motorcycle driver had suffered a gunshot wound which appeared to have caused his death, although medical attention was provided immediately. This shut the highway down for several hours as it was investigated, reopening at about 9 a.m.
A Pueblo homicide suspect was apprehended by the Arapahoe County Sheriff s Office late Monday night.
Kevin Woodard, 28, is now in police custody after he was sought on an active arrest warrant on suspicion of first-degree murder, a Class 1 felony, in connection with a Sunday shooting in Pueblo.
Pueblo Police officers were dispatched to the 1000 block of Berkley Avenue at 2:47 a.m. Sunday for reported a shooting report early Sunday morning, and discovered a male gunshot victim in front of a residential home. Despite medical attention performed on-scene, the victim died at the residence from an apparent gunshot wound to his chest.
Pueblo Police are investigating a homicide of a 44-year-old Pueblo man which occurred during the early morning hours Sunday near the intersection of McCulley Avenue and Cedar Street.
According to Capt. Tom Rummel, police were called to the scene at 1:15 a.m. Sunday by a resident who heard a gunshot, looked outside and saw a male laying in the street. Officers arrived to find the male with a gunshot wound to the chest.
The male victim died at the scene. He was identified as David Lucio Tafoya, 44, of Pueblo, according to Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter. Next of kin have been notified.