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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Gary Soto

Year
2001
Where
Lakewood, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

On May 25, 2001, 18 year-old Gary Soto, was shot while still seated in his vehicle which was stopped in the middle of the intersection facing north on Wadsworth Boulevard at Belleview Avenue. Two witn

From the Colorado Bureau of Investigation cold case file. Records change. The source is the authority.

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