Late on April 18, 2024, 55-year-old Colorado Springs resident Jason Bales was found with life-threatening gunshot injuries in the 4200 block of Sinton Road. He was transported to a local hospital and later died of those wounds; the El Paso County Coroner’s Office identified him as the victim. The shooting was investigated as a homicide and was the city’s 13th homicide of 2024, up from six by the same time the previous year.

Detectives worked to reconstruct the events that led to Bales’ death and identify a suspect. Their investigation produced an arrest warrant for 29-year-old Michael Thomas Darby on April 23, 2024, charging him with first-degree murder; he was taken into custody and booked into the El Paso County jail with bond set at one million dollars. Court filings note Darby has a lengthy criminal history, including prior charges such as assault on a peace officer, robbery, menacing with a deadly weapon, and possession of a weapon by a previous offender.

Who in the Sinton Road area on the night of April 18 might have seen or heard anything relevant to this case?