Trevor Joseph Edward Branson was 19 when he was found dead inside a Colorado Springs home after a reported shooting on September 18, 2022. Officers responding to a call at a residence on Gunshot Pass Drive discovered him deceased; the El Paso County Coroner’s Office later identified him and completed an autopsy. The case was investigated as a homicide and was the city’s 34th such investigation that year.

Known to family as The Giant, Trevor stood 6 feet 7 inches and was described by relatives as a loving, helpful young man who lived with his grandmother, Shirley Alford, and his mother while looking for work. His grandmother said the family was acquainted with the teenage boy who was later charged.

On October 7, 2022, detectives obtained a first-degree murder warrant for a juvenile male; that suspect was taken into custody by an El Paso County deputy on October 10. No identity for the juvenile was released because of his age. If anyone knew Trevor or has information about what happened that afternoon, please come forward to help the investigation.