Gustavo Del Sol Sanchez, 46, was shot to death on Highway 94 in El Paso County, Colorado, on July 22, 2018. Deputies were notified after a wounded person arrived at a local hospital and reported a fatal shooting on the highway; deputies found Sanchez deceased at the scene. Investigators tied the killing to a robbery of an illegal black-market marijuana grow.

A follow-up led officers to a property on South Peyton Highway and Loop Road where a group of armed men connected to the homicide were reported to be. A SWAT team encountered gunfire from an outbuilding; deputies returned fire and one suspect believed to be involved in the Highway 94 shooting was killed. A 36-year-old deputy was wounded by shrapnel or a shotgun pellet and was expected to recover. Officials said both sites were known illegal grow locations and part of a larger drug trafficking organization under investigation. No information was released about other arrests specifically for Sanchez’s murder.

Did anyone in the area know about those grow sites or see unfamiliar vehicles on Highway 94 that morning?