On the morning of October 5, 2020, officers in Colorado Springs responded to a shooting on the 4600 block of Rusina Road and found 42-year-old Richard Ricky John Melgoza dead of a gunshot wound. His death was listed as the city’s 30th homicide that year.

The Violent Crimes Homicide/Assault Unit led the investigation and quickly identified a suspect. Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for 28-year-old Steven Walters, who was taken into custody on October 6, 2020, and booked into the El Paso County Jail on a charge of first-degree murder in connection with Melgoza’s death.

Ricky was remembered by family and friends as energetic, spontaneous, and fond of fast cars and loud music; he is survived by his mother, his fiancée, three children, and a granddaughter.

If anyone knew Richard or has information about the events on Rusina Road that morning, please come forward.