Kristopher Michael Wilson, 41, was shot on the evening of January 20, 2022, on the Martin Luther King Jr. Bypass in Colorado Springs. Police were called at about 9:07 PM; officers found a man with an apparent gunshot wound who was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died. His death was ruled a homicide.

Wilson was originally from Smethport, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Port Allegany High School in 1999. The case remained under active investigation for weeks after the killing. Detectives with the Colorado Springs Police Department’s Homicide/Assault Unit identified 25-year-old Jesus Velasco of Colorado Springs, and an arrest warrant charging him with first-degree murder was issued on March 15, 2022; Velasco was served the charge while already in custody on an unrelated warrant.

Anyone with information about the shooting or Wilson’s death is asked to contact the Colorado Springs Police Department.