Richard Martinez of Longmont was arrested Friday when a 2019 Maroon Dodge Caravan he was driving was spotted by a surveillance team at the home of a relative in Espa\u00f1ola.<\/p>\n
Martinez, 33, was identified by the Longmont Police Department as the suspect in the fatal shooting of 34-year-old Matthew Bond on June 3. Martinez was wanted on suspicion of first-degree murder, police said.<\/p>\n
The New Mexico State Police received information Thursday that Martinez was in the Espa\u00f1ola area after fleeing Colorado, possibly headed to Mexico.<\/p>\n
The state police said officers attempted to stop the vehicle on U.S. Highway 285, but Martinez fled, leading to a 25-mile chase. An officer with the state police implemented a pursuit intervention technique, or PIT maneuver, tapping the fleeing car from behind and causing it to spin out.<\/p>\n
After jumping out of the car, Martinez fled on foot, the state police said. State troopers and Espa\u00f1ola Police Department officers arrested Martinez.<\/p>\n
The Longmont Police Department said it received reports of a possible shooting at 4:15 a.m. June 3, but the suspect and victim fled the area in separate vehicles. The body of Bond was later found in a stolen car in Longmont. An autopsy has not been released.<\/p>\n
Martinez was booked at the Rio Arriba County Detention Center in Espa\u00f1ola and will be extradited to Colorado.<\/p>\n