(COLORADO SPRINGS) — A man has been arrested in the shooting death of a man at the gas station of an east Colorado Springs King Soopers.
According to the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD), a suspect has been taken into custody in connection to the shooting death of 32-year-old Tyray Ikener on the afternoon of Jan. 20.
Officers originally responded to the gas station in the 5800 block of Stetson Hills Boulevard shortly after 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 20 on reports of a shooting. When they arrived, officers found Ikener dead of at least one gunshot wound inside a car near one of the gas pumps. Ikener’s death is being investigated as a homicide, CSPD said.
On Thursday, Feb. 13, the CSPD Violent Offender Fugitive Task Force (VOTF) and Tactical Enforcement Unit arrested 34-year-old Dustin Boston on first degree murder charges. Boston was booked into the El Paso County Criminal Justice Center and is due in El Paso County Court on Feb. 27.
The investigation into this incident remains active and ongoing, and CSPD asks anyone with information or who was a witness to the shooting to contact police at (719) 444-4000. To remain anonymous, contact Pikes Peak Area Crime Stoppers at (719) 634-STOP (7867).
