Colorado Springs man ID’d as suspect in Westminster fatal shooting

Westminster police have identified the suspect in a shooting that left a child dead and three others severely injured Thursday, and he may have been fleeing back to Colorado Springs.

Jeremy Webster, 23, has been charged with first-degree murder after deliberation with intent, first-degree murder extreme indifference, first-degree assault, and criminal attempt to commit a class one felony. A mugshot hasn’t been made available.

The victims haven’t been identified yet. Police said two adults and two children were shot. One of the adult victims wasn’t related to the other three victims, police said.

The shooting happened around 3 p.m. near a dental complex on 80th Street in Westminster. That prompted a manhunt for the suspect, and Webster was eventually caught near Castle Rock.

According to motor vehicle records, Webster’s home address is listed in Colorado Springs.

An affidavit identified the adult victims as Meghan Bigelow and John Gale. Vaughn Bigelow,13, was killed, and Asa Bigelow, 8, was injured.

Webster told detectives that he had mental health issues and that he had started a new prescription Thursday. He then admitted to using his Glock handgun to shoot the victims.

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A child who witnessed the shooting of his siblings and mother told Colorado police that it followed a road rage encounter.

That’s according to a search warrant drafted by police after the shooting that killed one boy and wounded three other people Thursday in a suburban Denver parking lot.

According to the warrant released Friday, the boy told police that his mother and another driver were involved “in some type of road rage incident.”

The child said the driver followed the family to the parking lot in the city of Westminster where he again argued with the woman before shooting at her, two of her children and a bystander. He then fled.

The boy says his mother had taken a photo of the driver’s license plate.

Jeremy Webster has been arrested on suspicion of murder. The child’s mother and brother are in critical condition, and an unrelated man is less seriously wounded. Police haven’t released the victims’ names or ages.