Grand Junction Murder Suspect Taken Into Custody
Mesa County authorities made an arrest Thursday in connection with a homicide in Clifton last week.
Following up on leads about their whereabouts, the Mesa County Sheriff s Office says 56-year-old Frank Kurtz and 37-year-old Charity Perschbacher were arrested Thursday without incident. The pair was found walking in the vicinity of 32 3/8 Road and White Avenue in Clifton, the same area where the murder of 36-year-old Marcos Bencomo occurred.
The homicide occurred at about 3:30 on the afternoon of January 21 outside a residence on White Avenue near 32 3/8 Road. Police arrived on the scene and found Bencomo with a gunshot wound to the head, but life-saving measures were unsuccessful and he died at the scene.
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After additional information surfaced, Mesa County Sheriffâs Office investigators have amended the charges for two local men suspected in an early morning drive-by shooting on Thursday.
Justin Fowler, 21, and Trey Shriver, 20, now face attempted first-degree murder charges and each received $500,000 cash-only bonds from Mesa County Court on Friday.
If this story wasnât strange enough, Fowler and Shriver are also being charged with several offenses after bullet holes were discovered in several second-floor windows at the Grand Junction Police Department building at 555 Ute Ave. on Thursday.
In the drive-by shooting investigation, while deputies were speaking with two neighbors at the scene Thursday morning, a vehicle matching the description of the suspect vehicle â a maroon Toyota pickup â was seen turning north on Moonlight Court.
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