The 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office filed a first degree murder charge against a man in connection with a fatal shooting in Thornton on Sunday.

Daniel Ramirez-Ayala, 20, was charged with first-degree murder after a shooting at a house party in the 7000 block of Gilpin Street resulted in a man being killed, according to a news release from the 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office and a Sunday morning social media post from the Adams County Sheriff’s Office. 

Man dies in Adams County house party shooting, suspect arrested

Deputies first responded to the scene at about midnight Saturday night in response to a 911 call about the shooting, police said. Upon arrival, they found the man in the street; he was later pronounced dead by responding medical personnel.

Ramirez-Ayala was taken into custody after witnesses of the incident told deputies where he lived, as he was getting into a vehicle at his residence Sunday morning.

Ramirez-Ayala will next appear in court at 8:30 a.m. July 18.