Crime & Safety

Suspect In Denver Hotel Case Calls It ‘Giant Misunderstanding'

Ricardo Rodriguez, 44, spoke to CBS4 Sunday night via a video feed at the Denver Jail where he is being held on a weapons charge.

By Brian Maass, CBS Denver:

DENVER (CBS4) – One of four suspects arrested in Denver Friday night at a hotel near Coors Field says there was no plot to shoot MLB All-Star Game fans, even though one of his friends harbored a large cache of weapons in his room at the Maven Hotel.

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“He had a lot of guns, he did,” said Ricardo Rodriguez. “I don’t know what his intentions were from my understanding selling them and trading them. That was about it.”

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