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Police: Westminster shooting likely a road rage incident, suspected killer admitted to shooting
Denver Channel ^ | 15 JUN 18 | Blair Miller

Posted on 06/15/2018 1:01:13 PM PDT by DCBryan1

Jeremy John Webster has been arrested for investigation of first-degree murder, first-degree murder extreme indifference and three counts of first-degree assault

A 23-year-old man faces allegations of first-degree murder in a road rage incident in which he allegedly shot four people. Those shots killed a boy, critically injured his mother and brother, and wounded a bystander in a Westminster shopping center parking lot.

Jeremy Webster of Colorado Springs was officially booked into the Adams County Jail at 1:39 a.m., more than 10 hours after the shooting, said Cheri Spottke, Westminster police spokeswoman.

Westminster detectives interviewed the man for several hours after he was arrested without incident on Interstate 25 in Castle Rock. Through those interviews police determined he did not have a relationship with any of the people who were shot.

According to a search warrant for Webster’s car that was obtained by Denver7, one of the woman’s three sons told police his mother and Webster had some sort of altercation near the intersection of Sheridan Boulevard and Turnpike Drive.

The warrant says Webster then followed the 41-year-old woman and her children to the office complex at 5150 80th WESTMINSTER, Colo. – A 23-year-old man is being held at the Adams County jail for a shooting in Westminster Thursday afternoon that left a boy dead and injured three other people. Police say the shooting appears to have been a road rage incident.

Jeremy John Webster, 23, was booked into the jail at 1:39 a.m., according to jail records. That was more than 10 hours after the shooting happened at an office park near 80th Ave. and Sheridan Blvd. in Westminster.

In addition to the jail records and confirmation from the Westminster Police Department, Colorado Bureau of Investigation records show Webster was booked for investigation on counts of 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 source with knowledge of the investigation also confirmed that Webster is the suspect in the shooting.

Westminster police said they’ve learned that Webster did not know any of the victims or have relationships with any of them. “It appears as if this incident stemmed from a road rage,” Westminster Police Department Investigator Cheri Spottke said in a news release Friday.


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To: Drew68
As I've always said. Every time I have ever been in trouble with the law, civilian or military, I was drunk. Weed? The last thing you want to do is make a spectacle of yourself.

I did not partake in the service as the penalties were much too severe. Drank a $hit ton of beer though.

21 posted on 06/15/2018 2:35:58 PM PDT by BBell (not drinking, just a smart a$$)
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To: a fool in paradise
:Tell that to gangbangers killing people over cred, dissing, rap song muscle, etc. they all smoke the dope it doesn’t make them chill

Play it faster!


22 posted on 06/15/2018 2:36:38 PM PDT by Simon Green ("Arm your daughter, sir, and pay no attention to petty bureaucrats.")
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To: DCBryan1

The paranoia that pot smoking produces

He’s claiming mental health issues


23 posted on 06/15/2018 3:11:28 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Drew68

The assertion was the potheads don’t kill people ever


24 posted on 06/15/2018 3:29:54 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Spygate's clock began in 2015 - what did President Obama know and when did he know it)
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To: Drew68

I read that he’s originally from New Jersey.


25 posted on 06/15/2018 3:32:39 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Vote for your guns!)
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To: Simon Green

Do you think Dwayne Esper distributed freaks because he was worried about birth defects and how the carny life can lead them to kill?


26 posted on 06/15/2018 3:33:44 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Spygate's clock began in 2015 - what did President Obama know and when did he know it)
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To: Nifster
The paranoia that pot smoking produces

The paranoia is usually associated with being arrested for smoking MJ. Not just because one was smoking MJ. Since it is legal in Colorado I doubt a doodie was the cause of his mental problems. His mental problems were because he had mental problems
27 posted on 06/15/2018 3:57:57 PM PDT by RedMonqey (" Those who turn their arms in for plowshares will be doing the plowing for those who didnÂ’t.")
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To: Nifster

If you’re looking to attribute this as drug related why not look at his ‘new’ prescribed drug first. Of course if you prefer to attribute it to an illegal drug the first one you should look at would be methadrine, followed by PCP, next crack, then perhaps heroin, lets not forget ketamine and finally cannabis. Of course, if you involve alcohol with any of the preceding it greatly increases the risk of violent behavior. There are also a wide range of illegally obtained prescription drugs that could be included.


28 posted on 06/15/2018 4:01:56 PM PDT by .44 Special (Tiamid Buarsh)
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29 posted on 06/15/2018 4:46:49 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: DCBryan1

Yes, I want to legalize MJ. Since you asked.


30 posted on 06/15/2018 5:20:18 PM PDT by jim35 (The Tree of Liberty is coming in to bloom again.)
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To: RedMonqey

Yet oddly enough there is good scientific evidence of a link between teen aged pot smoking and the onset of schizophrenic disorders


31 posted on 06/15/2018 5:48:29 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: .44 Special

I attribute to nothing other than this jerk decid d to kill people


32 posted on 06/15/2018 5:49:18 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: catnipman
be interesting to see if the medication is Depakote; known to cause extreme anger and rage:

These types of stories are heartbreaking not just for the families of those killed and injured but, to me, also for those close to the young man who committed these acts.

Details I've read so far are that he had no criminal record. So what made this otherwise law-abiding young man snap and commit a crime of exceptional cold-blooded brutality? It's telling that his statement to the cops was that he has mental issues and started a new prescription. I suspect this prescription was not for marijuana but pharmaceuticals.

I think history will judge us harshly on this. Today we look back on the practice of giving people lobotomies as cruel and barbaric. In the same way, we will be looked upon for our practice of feeding primarily young men dangerous psychotropic medications that in time will be determined to have had dubious medical value and all too often horrendous side effects.

Meanwhile, a family is devastated and a confused young man who woke up yesterday morning planning on a routine day will now die in prison.

33 posted on 06/15/2018 6:12:36 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: a fool in paradise
Tell that to gangbangers killing people over cred, dissing, rap song muscle, etc. they all smoke the dope it doesn’t make them chill

What, did you think cannabis was a cure for already extremely violent psychos? Think again.

34 posted on 06/15/2018 10:34:34 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: BBell
"Alcohol has caused many more stupid violent actions than weed ever will."

you don't know that...nobody knows because weed has not been tested for routinely...

I suspect weed has played a big role in "mistakes" and "accidents" and as the testing for weed becomes more widespread, we'll know...

35 posted on 06/16/2018 3:52:04 AM PDT by cherry
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To: thoughtomator
"Same here. Given how many war vets NEED to use the stuff, being anti-cannabis is a particularly despicable position"

oh really now....

to be anti weed is "despicable"...

wow....

I'm not only a poor uneducated lazy POS but also despicable...

wait til they find out I'm against abortion....

36 posted on 06/16/2018 3:54:58 AM PDT by cherry
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