Police arrest man in connection with fatal shooting near Denver’s 16th Street Mall

A 37-year-old antheral is being held for probe of first-degree execution successful transportation with a July 19 shooting decease adjacent the 16th Street Mall successful Denver.

Carlos Vigil is suspected of sidesplitting Robert Froemke, 49, astatine 3:32 a.m., successful beforehand of a parking store connected the 1600 artifact of Blake Street, according a Denver Police Department apprehension affidavit.

Detectives utilized video footage from information cameras connected country buildings, DNA from a bloody cigaret butt and fingerprints from a Twisted Tea tin to link Vigil to the shooting, the affidavit said.

Video footage showed Froemke walking northbound connected Blake Street and Vigil walking southbound arsenic a achromatic sedan dilatory traveled down the street. Vigil allegedly fired 4 shots astatine the sedan and past ran northbound connected Blake Street. As helium approached a parking garage, helium dropped thing and stopped to prime it up, the affidavit said.

Video footage showed Froemke tally toward Vigil and they got into a fight, the affidavit said. The combat moved into the thoroughfare and 2 shots were fired. Froemke collapsed, and Vigil picked up the things helium dropped and past ran toward the 16th Street Mall, the affidavit said.

Detectives were capable to portion unneurotic video footage and travel a humor way wherever Vigil ran portion holding a weapon from the 1600 artifact of Blake Street, crossed 16th Street and down the alley betwixt Wazee and Blake streets to the 1500 artifact of Blake Street, the affidavit said.