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| Isaac Martinez, 31 |
Police today released the mug shot of a shooting suspect who they say shot himself last week as a SWAT Team tried to arrest him on multiple charges.
Police do not expect Isaac Martinez to survive his injuries.
Click below for our story on the latest developments.
Suspect in Sept. 22 shooting not expected to survive
By Brandon Johansson
AURORA | A man suspected of a crime spree that included robbing a bank and shooting a relative is not expected to survive after shooting himself last week as police closed in on him.
Isaac Martinez, 31, remained hospitalized Friday, seven days after police say he shot himself in the head as a SWAT Team stormed a hotel room in Black Hawk where he was hiding.
A police department spokeswoman said police do not expect Martinez to survive his injuries.
Martinez’s brother-in-law, Andre Lopez-Baker, 28, who police say Martinez shot Sept. 22 outside a home in the 1150 block of South Fairplay Circle, also remained hospitalized Friday.
Police said they expect Lopez-Baker to survive.
Police said they identified Martinez as a suspect in Lopez-Baker’s shooting the day after the shooting and realized he was also a suspect in three other crimes in recent weeks.
The first was a home invasion robbery Sept. 9.
Police say Martinez robbed a Wells Fargo bank Wednesday afternoon at 2222 S. Buckley Road. Later that day, he threatened someone at a bar near Parker Road and East Quincy Avenue.
After that incident, police say Martinez shot Lopez-Baker at the home near East Mississippi Avenue and South Chambers Road.
Police say they tracked Martinez last Friday to a hotel in Black Hawk.
As the Black Hawk/Gilpin County SWAT Team stormed the room, Martinez shot himself, police said. He remained hospitalized Sunday.
According to Colorado Bureau of Investigation records, Martinez has a lengthy arrest record in Colorado dating back to 1997.
Martinez, who goes by the nickname “Clumsy,” has been arrested on charges including harassment, aggravated assault and selling cocaine, according to CBI.
He also spent time in prison on an assault with a deadly weapon charge in late 2000.
Isaac was not just the person you see here. He was a wonderful, loving, kind and caring man also. He had a beautiful talent for landscaping and even ran his own business. Together we had two of the most beautiful children ever. Isaac was a hard worker and would give his family everything he could. The paper can report the facts of a crime, but they never mention the emotions and reasons for the crimes. Our children will grow up knowing what a wonderful man he was.
ReplyDeletei hope he makes it i went to school with him he is good people. not what this article makes him out to be at all
ReplyDeleteHe is my uncle and throughout all the bs he was a great man whom set a change for his family even though this event happen he was better and more educated than most but if you cannot understand is hard times or things he was and went through you know nothin i loved him as my father my uncle the one whom helped me understand more and just cause he is not here doesn't mean this tragedy is what he left behind i am thr step daughter of Lopez ~ baker i was the one whom saved his life and truth be told there's always more to the story
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