Two men were killed overnight Friday into Saturday in separate shootings in Thornton and Westminster that appear to have started with arguments in parking lots.
The first shooting happened about 10:30 p.m. Friday in the 8900 block of Harlan Street in Westminster, . Officers found a man with a gunshot, and he was taken to a hospital, where he later died.
Police later learned another man was also at a hospital in critical condition with gunshot wounds.
Police believe several men were arguing with each other in a parking lot before shooting at each other.
Westminster police in a Saturday news release stated they arrested Seth Fernandez, 24, on a first-degree murder charge.
The second shooting happened about 12:50 a.m. Saturday in the 16000 block of Grant Street in Thornton.
there was a “disturbance” between two employees of an area business, and one man, identified as Victor Salazar-Guarache, 26, shot at a 22-year-old man.
The 22-year-old was taken to hospital and died.
Weld County deputies later located and arrested Salazar-Guarache, and he was booked in the Adams County jail.
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