An El Paso man is all smiles in his jail booking photo after being arrested on a murder charge in connection with a fatal shooting in a Northeast neighborhood this week.
Tristan Alexander Colgrove, 24, of Northeast El Paso, was arrested by police homicide detectives in connection with a shooting that killed a 26-year-old man on Monday in the Logan Heights neighborhood, officials said on Wednesday, July 10.
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The name of the man who was killed has not been disclosed pending the notification of family. Police described him as a Northeast resident.
The man was found dead from a gunshot wound at 6:15 a.m. on Monday on a sidewalk near an alley in the 5300 block of Byron Street near Fred Wilson Avenue, police said.
A possible motive in the fatal shooting has not been disclosed as an investigation continues by detectives with the Crimes Against Persons Unit.
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On Tuesday, Colgrove was booked on a murder charge into the El Paso County Jail in Downtown, where he remains detained on a $1 million bond, according to jail records, which list no previous arrests.
Colgrove, who has long dark hair, a beard and an earring stud in one ear, is smiling broadly in his booking photo.
Murder cases are down 50% from last year with 10 cases this year compared with 20 at this time in 2023, El Paso Police Department officials noted.
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