PUEBLO, Colo. (KKTV) - The Pueblo County Coroner has identified the victim of Wednesday’s deadly shooting in Pueblo as Xavier Manzanares, 27.

According to the Pueblo Police Department, officers were investigating a possible vehicle theft near the 3000 block of West Northern Avenue at 2:22 p.m., when they received a report of a nearby fight involving weapons.

Officers responded to the parking lot of a nearby business to find one man, Manzanares, with a gunshot wound.

Manzanares was taken to a hospital, where he later died from his injuries.

Police said Wednesday that detectives were in contact with and are interviewing the suspected shooter.

According to PPD, this is the 10th homicide in Pueblo in 2025.

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