COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — The U.S. Marshals Service Violent Task Force located and arrested a Lakewood homicide suspect in Colorado Springs Wednesday night.
Philix Baca, who is 20 years old, was wanted by the Lakewood Police Department on a felony arrest warrant for first-degree murder in connection to a shooting last year that resulted in the death of a 14-year-old boy.
In the days following the incident, the U.S. Marshals Service says several people were apprehended, but Baca ran.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Marshals Service's Colorado Violent Offender Task Force (COVOTF) in Denver developed information that Baca was in the Colorado Springs area.
Task Force Officers joined Deputy U.S. Marshals, the Fountain Police Department and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to set up surveillance in Colorado Springs.
While conducting surveillance, a person matching Baca's description was seen leaving a vehicle and going into a home in the 5000 block of Whimsical Drive, which is located near the intersection of North Carefree Circle and Oro Blanco Drive.
Investigators obtained a search warrant for the home. According to the U.S. Marshals Service, Baca was safely taken into custody and was booked into the El Paso County Criminal Justice Center on the outstanding homicide warrant.
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