Jose Luis Miranda Reza, a 28-year-old Hispanic/Latino man, was shot and killed during the early morning hours of October 8, 2024, on Durango Drive in Colorado Springs. Police responded shortly after 3:30 a.m. to reports of gunfire near Delta Drive and Hancock Expressway and found Miranda Reza suffering from an apparent gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene and the death was investigated as a homicide. The El Paso County Coroner’s Office later identified him.

Investigators developed information identifying Luis Daniel Perez as the suspected shooter. According to an arrest affidavit, the shooting occurred at an automobile shop in the 2600 block of Durango Drive, where Perez worked. Witnesses told police Perez and Miranda Reza had a preexisting dispute over vehicle parts and a motorcycle. On the morning of the killing a witness saw the two arguing; the argument reportedly escalated to punching, then stopped, and Perez allegedly produced a handgun and fired a single shot as Miranda Reza backed away. Another witness said Perez had been displaying and talking about a handgun about an hour earlier.

An arrest warrant for Perez was filed October 12, 2024, with a $1 million bond reported; authorities have continued to list him as a wanted fugitive. No trial or conviction has been reported, and the allegations remain unproven in court. Did anyone in the Colorado Springs auto-repair community see or hear anything that morning that could help investigators?