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Two arrested in fatal Lakewood shooting

Flor Contreras, 25, and Menelson Leonel Ramirez, 27, suspected of killing Nairelis “Junior” Castel, 26

Denver Post reporter Max Levy in Denver Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
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Two suspects have been arrested in a Sunday shooting in Lakewood that left one woman dead, police say.

Nairelis “Junior” Castel, 26, was found suffering from a gunshot wound in the 1400 block of Kendall Street and taken to a hospital where she later died, according to

Officers on Tuesday arrested Flor Contreras, 25, on suspicion of complicity to committing first-degree murder. Menelson Leonel Ramirez, 27, allegedly fled the state after the shooting and was arrested in Megargel, Texas, also on suspicion of first-degree murder.

Police said Castel, Contreras and Ramirez knew one another before the shooting.

Contreras is being held at the Jefferson County Jail on a $1 million cash bond, while Ramirez was awaiting extradition to Colorado as of Friday morning.

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