Aurora police arrested a 21-year-old man on suspicion of triple homicide early Sunday morning after discovering three people shot to death in an Aurora home.
Christopher Martinez was arrested at 5:30 a.m. and will face three charges of first-degree murder, police said in a . He is suspected of killing three people at a home in the 1500 block of South Evanston Street, police said.
Kaiden Castaneda, 18, , 18, and Estancia Martinez, 41, were identified as the victims by the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office.
Concerned family members had asked police to conduct a welfare check at the home at 5:15 p.m. Saturday, but officers did not find anything suspicious at the time and did not go inside the home, according to the news release.
Around 7 p.m., family members of the victims arrived at the home, went inside and found two women and a man who had been shot to death.
Police said Martinez was “initially contacted on the scene last night” and that he is “known to the victims.” Sgt. Faith Goodrich said Sunday that the suspect was an invited guest at the home.
“There’s no threat to the community and we don’t believe anyone else was involved,” she said. It was not immediately clear when the shooting occurred.
In a statement, Interim Police Chief Art Acevedo called the violence “inexplicable.”
“Our hearts go out to the family of the victims,” he said.
Editor’s note: This story was updated Wednesday, Dec. 14 to include the identities of the victims.
