Two people were initially taken into custody early Monday morning after leading Adams County sheriff’s deputies on a chase down Interstate 25, according to the department.
The chase stemmed from an incident outside the scene of a double fatal house fire that had sparked the day before, killing two people and a dog, Adams County Sgt. Shea Haney said.
An Adams County sheriff’s deputy was stationed at the scene of the fire for “crime scene security” in his personal car early Monday morning. While parked outside the house, his passenger window shattered, Haney said. Deputies later found a strike point on the window consistent with a pellet impact, the sheriff’s office said in a release.
Other deputies responded to the scene in the 800 block of Bronco Road shortly after 5:30 a.m. Monday and chased the suspect vehicle onto I-25, Haney said.
The car crashed while attempting to enter Interstate 270 eastbound. Two people inside the vehicle fled on foot but were taken into custody shortly after.
Luis Salomon Juarez, 36, was arrested on suspicion of vehicle eluding, reckless endangerment, criminal mischief and possession of a controlled substance. The other suspect was released without charges.
The fatal fire at the house that the Adams County deputy was stationed outside of sparked at about 1:50 a.m. Sunday, according to the fire department.
By the time Adams County Fire Rescue crews arrived, the back of the house was fully engulfed and the flames had spread inward. The two people who died in the fire will be identified by the Adams County Coroner’s Office.
The Monday morning window shattering is not believed to be connected to the fire, Haney said.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
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