As retired Colorado Springs firefighter Daryl B. Ritz lay wounded from three gunshots, his assailant paused before firing one more round from a .40-caliber Ruger pistol — this time at Ritz’s head.
The delay between shots — captured on a dashboard camera from a nearby vehicle — was among the evidence cited by prosecutors Tuesday in arguing that suspect Gustavo Torres-Gonzalez, 43, had only one purpose in mind: To kill.
District Judge Barbara Hughes ruled that evidence in the slaying, which occurred May 16 north of Colorado Springs, was persuasive enough to constitute the presumption Torres-Gonzales will be convicted at trial.
Torres-Gonzalez, who pleaded not guilty at the hearing’s conclusion, will remain in El Paso County jail without bond pending a Jan. 9 trial, the judge ruled.
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