A woman who was shot to death Tuesday after calling her boyfriend and telling him her ex-boyfriend was trying to run her off the road has been identified.
The Jefferson County Coroner’s office today identified the victim as Amber Kathleen Cremeens, age 34, of Denver.
Police are searching for Tyler James Martin, 36, of Denver, who is a suspect in the fatal shooting, said Lisa Stigall, Wheat Ridge police spokeswoman. Martin and Creemans had been going together for about eight years when the relationship ended in 2008.
Police found Cremeens’ body on the west side of Wadsworth Boulevard near West 35th Avenue in the driver’s seat of a Dodge Caliber, Stigall said.
“The sad thing is, we were so close. Thirty seconds’ difference would have made a world of difference,” Stigall said. “It’s just a shame.”
The name of the woman has not been released because her family has not yet been notified, she said.
Police received a call at 10 p.m. Tuesday from a man who said his girlfriend called him by cellphone and said she was being chased by her ex-boyfriend near West 44th Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard, Stigall said.
He was trying to run her off the road with a car, she told her boyfriend.
“The initial call was a rolling harassment,” Stigall said.
When police arrived at the scene, seconds after the gunman fled, they spoke with a man who had stopped behind the dead woman’s Dodge Caliber, Stigall said.
He said he was behind the woman when she crashed into the fence and had gotten out of his car to see if he could help when another man climbed out of a dark sedan, Stigall said.
“He watched the suspect get out and just shoot her,” Stigall said.
Wheat Ridge and Denver Police executed a search warrant at Martin’s home at 1355 Osceola, in Denver. Evidence recovered in the search revealed Martin knew Cremeen’s daily routine.
Martin is described as 6 foot tall, weighing 250 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes. He might be driving a dark green 1998 Mercury Mystique with license plate 720-SXA.
Kirk Mitchell: 303-954-1206 or kmitchell@denverpost.com
