Adams County sheriff’s deputies arrested a suspect in connection with a fatal shooting Thursday at a mobile home community in the Welby neighborhood, sheriff’s officials said Friday.
Deputies arrested a man “in his late 30s” at his job on at 3:15 p.m. Thursday. The district attorney’s office confirmed the man arrested was 37-year-old Alex Anthony Martinez.
Court records also confirm Martinez was arrested Thursday and appeared in Adams County District Court on an arrest warrant Friday morning.
Martinez has not been charged formally and is set to return to court Wednesday for filing of charges, records show.
Sheriff’s deputies responded to a 3180 E. 88th Ave., early Thursday morning and later confirmed one person was killed and investigators were searching for one suspect.
The on Tuesday confirmed the man who was killed was 27-year-old Dezmond Johnathan Romero.
Martinez is being held without bail at the Adams County jail, according to court records.
Updated 2:27 p.m. Sept. 2, 2025: This article was updated to include the identity of the suspect.
