Shooting Victim, Suspect Had Been Friends
Police have identified the victim in a deadly shooting near Academy Boulevard and Galley Road as 22-year-old Joshua Bueno.
Bueno, whose family said was engaged and the father of two boys, was killed Thursday after witnesses said he and another man got in a car chase and more than a dozen shots were fired.
On Friday morning, investigators arrested 23-year-old Erik Camacho, of Colorado Springs on suspicion of first-degree murder. He’s being held without bond.
Those who knew Bueno told KRDO Newschannel 13 that he and Camacho both attended Mesa Ridge High School and that they had been friends.
“The only thing I knew about (Camacho) is he was a one-time good friend and that they had a falling out some time in high school or after,” said Sara Simpson, a friend of Bueno.
Simpson grew up with Bueno in Widefield. She said she and others who knew him still aren’t sure what happened Thursday, they just know they lost a great friend.
“Josh was a very happy person, very funny, very loving,” said Simpson. “One of the best friends you could possibly have.”
Bueno was apparently shot while he was driving and police found him dead from a gunshot wound after his car crashed into a tree outside a car wash near Academy Boulevard and Uintah Street.
The following is a statement from the Bueno family:
—————————————————————————————————————————– Joshua Andrew Bueno Sr. went home to be with our Lord Jesus Christ on February 16, 2012 at the age of 22. He was born on July 13, 1989 in Denver, Colorado to Joseph and Carol Bueno. He resided in Widefield, Colorado where he was survived by his Fianc Iwalani Calar and his two sons Joshua Bueno Jr. and Isaac Bueno, also his parents Joseph Bueno Sr. and Carol Bueno as well as his twin brother Joseph Bueno Jr. and his two sisters Genevieve Bueno and Alexis Bueno. Joshua had a lot of family that he loved to spend time with that included his grandparents Gilbert and Mary Trujillo, Berlinda and Glen George, Patrick Vigil and Great Grandmother Beatrice Salazar. Joshua Graduated from Mesa Ridge High School in 2007 and has been employed at Comcast for the past four years. Joshua loved to spend his time with his sons and the rest of his family and in the outdoors hunting and fishing. He was also very artistic, he loved to draw and tattoo himself and everyone else. He will always be truly loved by everyone who had the privilege of meeting him and he will be dearly missed by all.
