Late afternoon on September 24, 2025, 27-year-old Pueblo resident Xavier Manzanares was shot in a parking lot in the 3000 block of West Northern Avenue and later died at a hospital. Officers were already nearby responding to a reported car theft when gunfire erupted about 2:22 p.m.; the communications center also received a report of a fight involving weapons in the same area. The Pueblo County Coroner formally identified Manzanares and his death was ruled a homicide, the city’s tenth for 2025.

Pueblo Police detectives opened a homicide investigation and say they contacted and interviewed an individual described as the alleged shooter, but no charges have been filed. Authorities continue to gather evidence and interview witnesses to reconstruct how a reported auto theft and a fight escalated to a fatal shooting.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or was in the 3000 block of West Northern Avenue that afternoon, can you share what you saw or heard?