COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — A man connected to an attempted murder in La Junta was arrested Tuesday, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department (CPSD).
The arrest happened around 3 p.m. Thursday in the 5300 block of Gentle Wind Road, which is located near the intersection of Peterson Road and Stetson Hills Boulevard.
Police say they assisted the US Marshals Office in contacting 40-year-old Cheezaray Chavez.
According to CSPD, they identified that Chavez was in a home and made announcements asking him to come out and surrender. They say Chavez barricaded himself in the home and refused.
A shelter-in-place was issued around 4:30 p.m. for those nearby.
Police say several attempts to de-escalate the situation were unsuccessful, and they later deployed chemical irritants into the home. They say Chavez eventually surrendered and was taken into custody. The shelter-in-place was lifted around 7:30 p.m.
Chavez will be booked into the El Paso County Jail on an attempted first-degree murder charge out of La Junta.
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