Accused Triple-Shooter To Appear In Denver Court

DENVER, CO – A 19-year-old man will appear in Denver District Court this week in connection with a triple shooting in Denver's Villa Park neighborhood that killed two men and wounded a third.

Angel Gallegos is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of first-degree assault for the shooting deaths of Rosando Anthony Martinez, 16, and Raymond Flores, 25.

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Around noon on May 30, Gallegos allegedly shot Martinez, Flores and another teen, age 15, in front of a grocery store in the 600 block of Perry Street, police said.

A dirty look from the street appeared to be the cause that started an argument between Gallegos and the three young men, according to an arrest affidavit recently unsealed for court. The wounded 15-year-old told police that he and two friends were driving in a 2002 Ford Explorer when they passed two males near 6th Avenue and Perry Street who "mean mugged" them. The witness told police the three were "offended by the look the males gave them and drove around the block to confront them."

A witness who was with Gallegos told police he had gone to the Kimbo Grocery store to buy milk. He said he was challenged by the men in the car and entered the store alone. A clerk later told police the man tried to hold the door closed when the Ford Explorer pulled into the parking lot and the three got out of the car, the affidavit said.

The driver and two juveniles exited the car in the store parking lot and threatened Gallegos with a can of bear spray, the injured witness told police. After an altercation, Gallegos allegedly shot all three and fled, prosecutors said. Police found the bear spray and the running Ford Explorer with doors open in the parking lot, the affidavit said.

The three were taken to Denver Health Medical Center where Flores and Martinez died.

Gallegos was arrested June 1, and had been held in the Denver Jail with a bond of $500,000.

Raymond Flores, 25, was one of four children of the late Raymond and Desiree Flores, his obituary said.

Gallegos is scheduled to appear in court Thursday.

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