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Aurora homicide suspect arrested in Utah after multi-agency search

Aurora police announced the arrest of an Aurora homicide suspect in Utah Thursday after a multi-agency search, according to a press release from the Aurora Police Department Friday.

Members of the Salt Lake City FBI Field Office and the U.S. Marshals Violent Crime Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team arrested Eric Douglas, 32, in Sigurd, Utah.

The arrest happened two days after a shooting in a parking lot in the 1200 block of South Havana Street, near the intersection with Mississippi Avenue.

Responding officers found a woman with a gunshot wound and took her to the hospital, where she later died.

Douglas was arrested on charges of first-degree murder, second-degree murder and possession of a weapon by a previous offender. The 18th Judicial District Attorney’s office will file formal charges.

Douglas was booked into the Sevier County Jail in Utah, where he will stay until he is extradited to Colorado, according to the release.

“Douglas tried to flee responsibility for a heinous crime,” Major Crimes Homicide Unit Sergeant Jeffery Longnecker said in the release. “We appreciate our partners in Utah who acted quickly and decisively. Their coordinated efforts ensured he was taken into custody without delay.”

The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867 (CQ).


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