Ernesto Apodaca III, 48, was found shot inside his vehicle parked in front of his apartment building in the 600 block of Sunrise Avenue in La Junta, Colorado, on the evening of Friday, May 14, 2021, around 6:30 p.m. Multiple agencies, including the La Junta Police Department and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, joined the inquiry into the killing.

Investigators identified two people from Garden City, Kansas, as persons of interest: Matthew Perez and Nikki Olivas. The two were taken into custody without incident just outside Garden City in Finney County, Kansas, and a vehicle believed to have been used by the suspects was recovered at the arrest scene. Perez and Olivas were being held in Finney County pending extradition to Otero County, Colorado, to face charges connected to Apodaca’s death.

What additional details about the evening of May 14 might help explain what led to this shooting?