La Junta police looking for suspect that threw a rock through a school window
LA JUNTA, Colo. (KRDO) The La Junta Police Department is looking for a suspect who threw a large rock through a school.
According to police, a suspect was caught on camera throwing a large rock through a window of a classroom at the La Junta Intermediate School. This happened on Sunday at about 3:33 a.m.
La Junta Police Department
The suspect was with another person who was wearing light-colored clothing. Police say both individuals were on the south side of the school.
If you have any information about this incident, you re asked to contact the La Junta Police Department at (719)-384-2525.
Monday marked the second anniversary of the death of La Junta man Anthony Chaparro, 31, who was found allegedly beaten in the street at the intersection of Raton Avenue and Seventh St., about a block away from the La Junta Police Department in one direction and his apartment in another on Jan. 20, 2019.
A call was placed to the police department around 6:30 a.m. Jan. 20, 2019, about a male that was severely injured by what appeared to be an assault after an unidentified person came across Chaparro in the street, according to police news releases.
Chaparro was taken to Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center and transferred from there to Parkview Medical Center where he died Jan. 25, 2019. The La Junta Police Department said the 31-year-old s death was suspicious in a news release to local media.
Authorities made the arrest after a brief stand-off at a trailer park on Sunset Avenue .
Bencomo was wanted on a warrant for First Degree Murder, and is suspected of shooting a 17-year-old to death in November.
The suspect allegedly shot the teen boy to death on the 1700 block of East 9th St. around 8 a.m. Nov. 13.