Suspect in deputy shooting reported to bein U.S. illegally
The Denver Post
Posted: 03/16/2010 05:37:19 PM MDT

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said today that the man suspected of wounding an Adams County Sheriff's deputy Saturday night is in the country illegally, 9News reported today.

Twenty-five-year-old Sergio Estrada-Gomez is facing charges of attempted second-degree murder of a public official and first-degree aggravated assault of a police officer.

Estrada-Gomez, who has been arrested on domestic violence and traffic charges in Denver and Adams County, was deported to Mexico in 2007, but returned illegally, according to ICE.

The arrest affidavit obtained by Channel 9 states Estrada-Gomez is suspected of shooting Deputy Alexander Kondos three times: once in his left ankle, once in his right thigh and once in his chest. The bullet that hit Kondos's chest struck a bulletproof vest.

Kondos was treated and released from Denver Health Medical Center after the shooting just before 11 p.m., when he and a partner were on foot patrol in the apartment complex in the 1700 block of Coronado Parkway in unincorporated Adams County.

The affidavit states Estrada-Gomez was involved in a fight with other people in the apartment complex before the shooting.

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