Longmont police are searching for a 34-year-old suspect wanted in connection with fatal shooting early this morning in the parking lot of the Walmart at 2285 E. Ken Pratt Blvd.
Police say they’ve obtained an arrest warrant on charges of second-degree murder and possession of a weapon by a previous offender for Joseph Keith Anderson, who has ties to the Loveland and Littleton areas.
He was last seen driving a black Nissan Murano with a white or tan top, with Colorado license plate DBQ 998.
Anyone who sees Anderson is asked to call 911 immediately.
Officials earlier this morning said there is no danger to the community following the shooting, and that Longmont police have “identified the involved party, and we are attempting to locate him.”
Police were dispatched to the Walmart’s north parking lot at 2:57 a.m. on a report of a possible shooting. They found that a witness had transported the 23-year-old victim to Longmont United Hospital, where he died of his injuries.
The victim’s name will be released by the Weld County Coroner’s Office pending notification of next of kin.
Mike Doody had been asleep in his RV in the Walmart parking lot when he said he heard what he thought were three gunshots.
“I heard some yelling, too,” he said. “But I didn’t think anything of it.”
Read more at the Longmont Times-Call.
