DENVER ― Westminster police say a Colorado Springs man who allegedly shot two boys, their mother and a bystander Thursday afternoon, killing one of the boys, likely acted out of road rage.
Authorities arrested 23-year-old Jeremy John Webster without incident several hours after the shooting, which occurred in a parking lot outside a dental office in the northwestern Denver suburb of Westminster.
As of Friday morning, the woman, identified in a police affidavit as Megan Bigelow, 41, and her surviving son, age 8, were in critical condition at a local hospital, according to Westminster Police. Her other son was 13 years old.
Bigelow had a third son, a 12-year-old, with her at the time of the shooting. He fled and was not injured.
“It appears as if this incident stemmed from a road rage,” Westminster Police Department investigator Cheri Spottke said in a press release late Friday afternoon, noting that Webster didn’t know any of the victims when he opened fire.
According to a copy of the affidavitsaid in a press release, Webster and Bigelow were involved in an altercation at a nearby intersection and he followed the family’s vehicle into the parking lot.
He shot her and the two children point-blank with a handgun multiple times, walked toward his car, then returned to the 13-year-old and fired again, the affidavit says.
Webster allegedly fired several shots at the bystander, John Gale, 40, from a distance after making eye contact with him as he and his 9-year-old daughter sat in their truck in the parking lot. He is expected to survive. She was unharmed.
Webster faces charges of first-degree murder after deliberation with intent, first-degree murder with extreme indifference, first-degree assault and criminal attempt to commit a class 1 felony.
I'd bet this POS is ex military.
ReplyDeletehe is only 23. too young to be ex military. he is most likely taking powerful anti-depressants, like many kids his age.
DeleteHow come the details of the 'altercation' have yet to be released? Whatever transpired at the intersection upset the shooter enough that he followed Bigelow to the parking lot. Whatever transpired at the intersection was serious enough that Bigelow snapped a pic of Webster's license plate as he pulled in behind her. I believe she could've humbled herself and apologized in the parking lot (where witnesses stated Bigelow and Webster argued, before he pulled the gun and shot her and two of her three sons). And why did Webster start for his vehicle, only to turn around and fire on the 13 yr old yet again? Webster DEFINITELY crossed the line of normal behavior that day. Sadly, I believe Bigelow provided the push that was required to take him there. In retrospect, I wonder IF either of the two adults would do anything different if given the opportunity for a replay. Betcha there's at least three boys that would hope so.
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