A 26-year-old man accused of fatally shooting another man in a Denver alley is an Iraq war veteran who received a Purple Heart.
Charles Garlick of Morrison is scheduled to appear in a Denver courtroom this morning, charged with first-degree murder in the death of 48-year-old James Foos.
Foos was gunned down about 2:45 a.m. Aug. 5 in an alley between Ogden and Emerson streets, police said. He was hit in the chest with a single shot from an AR-15 rifle, according to court documents.
The day of the shooting, someone called police saying that he had heard a single shot fired in the alley and that there was a black Chevrolet truck in the area. He passed the Colorado license- plate number of the truck on to police.
Garlick, driving the truck, was arrested later in the 1400 block of Delaware Street, according to a court document. During a police interview, Garlick “admitted shooting the victim with his AR-15,” the document said.
Garlick served in the Army from March 2003 until February 2006, according to military records, including service in Kuwait and Iraq in 2004 and 2005. A member of the infantry, Garlick was wounded by mortar fire.
