PUEBLO WEST, Colo. (KOAA) — The Pueblo County Sheriff's Office says it is conducting a homicide investigation at a home in Pueblo West.
According to a sheriff's office news release, deputies were sent to a home along East Stewart Drive after reports of a stabbing Tuesday evening.
When deputies arrived, they could not find the patient and learned that the person had been taken to a local hospital in a private vehicle. The individual died at the hospital from their injuries.
He's now been identified as Scott Valencia.
The Pueblo County Coroner will determine the cause of death at a later date.
The sheriff's office says that a suspect has been identified in the case, but no arrests have been made at the time this article was published.
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