Robert Glenn Maples, 50, was shot on April 22, 2018, outside the Value Inn at 6875 Space Village Drive just south of Colorado Springs city limits and died of his wounds three days later, on April 25, 2018. Deputies were alerted after a hotel employee reported a man with a gun; Maples was found in the parking lot and later identified by the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. Security footage and witness testimony described Maples running from a motel room shortly after midnight, warning staff that the man inside had a gun, and being followed by the shooter.

Witnesses said the confrontation moved into the lot, where Maples pleaded for mercy before being shot in the head. Investigators arrested 38-year-old David Allen Rhoads near the scene and charged him with first-degree murder, identity theft and possession of a weapon by a previous offender; a jury later convicted Rhoads and the Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed that conviction on February 23, 2023.