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Colorado man charged in slaying of Army captain from Santa Fe
Sanra Fe, New Mexican ^ | Oct 13, 2018 | Cynthia Miller

Posted on 10/15/2018 12:36:54 AM PDT by robowombat

Police have charged a Colorado Springs, Colo., man in the September slaying of a 28-year-old U.S. Army captain from Santa Fe who was found fatally shot near an intersection east of the city’s downtown area.

Gilberto Chavez Jr., 27, who was already jailed on unrelated charges, faces a count of first-degree murder in Army Capt. Daniel Chamberlain Lehman’s slaying, the Colorado Springs Police Department announced Friday in a Facebook post. Chavez is being held without bond in the El Paso County, Colo., jail.

Police found Lehman’s body at the end of a trail of blood around 7 a.m. Sept. 15. But they believe he was shot about five hours earlier and two blocks away.

There was no other information about the arrest and no new details on Lehman’s death in the Friday post, and the department’s spokesman, Lt. Howard Black, did not return a call to comment on the case.

KRDO-TV in Colorado Springs reported that an affidavit for an arrest warrant says police believe Chavez was high on methamphetamine and thought someone was following him that night when he pulled out a gun and shot Lehman, who had just left a downtown bar.

A break in the case came when an anonymous tipster called Crime Stoppers, saying Chavez had shot Lehman and then fled to California, the TV station reported. ........

Born in Los Angeles, Lehman grew up in Santa Fe. He graduated from St. Michael’s High School in 2008 and attended the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., graduating in 2012 with a double major in nuclear physics and philosophy.

Lehman served in Afghanistan in 2013 and rose through the ranks to become a captain.

He was living in Colorado Springs while stationed with the 4th Infantry Division’s 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team at nearby Fort Carson.

(Excerpt) Read more at santafenewmexican.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: Colorado; US: New Mexico
KEYWORDS: santafe; taos
Gilberto Chavez Jr looks like a thug from his booking picture. This is an odd case.
1 posted on 10/15/2018 12:36:54 AM PDT by robowombat
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To: robowombat

We gain a meth addict, and lose a West Point graduate.


2 posted on 10/15/2018 12:49:10 AM PDT by Does so (If Trump Colluded with Russians, Why Did Hillary Win The Popular Vote?)
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To: robowombat

[Colorado Springs, Colo]

I had no idea this was what ‘Homicide Hunter’ was always about. I had always thought most of the stories were Los Angeles.


3 posted on 10/15/2018 1:11:15 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Does so
We gain a meth addict, and lose a West Point graduate.

Don’t forget, our criminals get the best healthcare, money can buy. I sometimes wonder, if the President even gets THAT good of healthcare.

4 posted on 10/15/2018 1:13:34 AM PDT by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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Chavez had shot Lehman and then fled to California,

Only surprise here is that they got him back after he fled to safety across the border to Sanctuary.

5 posted on 10/15/2018 2:09:09 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: Mark17

The phrase “nothing good happens after midnight” applies here.


6 posted on 10/15/2018 2:11:59 AM PDT by Stevenfo
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To: Stevenfo

Why the Captain didn’t call the police if he was still living for 5 hours? I am guessing perhaps an intimate interaction between perp and dead Captain?


7 posted on 10/15/2018 3:30:53 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: Stevenfo
“nothing good happens after midnight” near bars

8 posted on 10/15/2018 3:56:02 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill-googl,TWITR,FACBK,NYT,WaPo,Hlywd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antifa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA)
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To: robowombat

They provide all sorts of detail about the victim, but almost nothing about the killer. Why might that be?


9 posted on 10/15/2018 4:01:23 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Trump: "I am Batman!")
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“Unrelated charges” = illegal alien?


10 posted on 10/15/2018 4:25:28 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (No Republican Senator should vote for any Democrat Presidents Supreme Court nominee ever again.)
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To: Fresh Wind

“Unrelated charges” = illegal alien?


11 posted on 10/15/2018 4:25:45 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (No Republican Senator should vote for any Democrat Presidents Supreme Court nominee ever again.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

“Charges” is plural. Being here illegally is just one charge. There must be something else. Drugs is a good possibility. And it must have been enough to get him pulled out of Calisanctuaryfornia.


12 posted on 10/15/2018 4:37:28 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Trump: "I am Batman!")
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To: yldstrk

Why the Captain didn’t call the police if he was still living for 5 hours? I am guessing perhaps an intimate interaction between perp and dead Captain?
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Ahh....no. His DEAD body was found 5 hours after the time police suspect he was shot. The article says nothing about him being alive for those five hours.


13 posted on 10/15/2018 6:30:36 AM PDT by House Atreides (BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
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To: Mark17
our criminals get the best healthcare, money can buy.

Perhaps in some Blue states such as California but in North Carolina medical care for convicts is spotty at best. In Louisiana it is worse, although in some cases (a serial murderer comes to mind) I think medical care is rationed to the inmate in relation to his crimes.

14 posted on 10/15/2018 2:14:58 PM PDT by robowombat (Orthodox)
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To: robowombat

I was in California.


15 posted on 10/15/2018 3:53:33 PM PDT by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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