By Howard Pankratz
The Denver Post
POSTED: 06/29/2010 03:07:56 PM MDT
UPDATED: 06/29/2010 04:13:10 PM MDT
A 53-year-old Boulder man is in custody, suspected of killing his stepfather in a Broomfield apartment complex and then going to another apartment and firing through the front door of his estranged wife's residence.
The suspect, Thomas Ansley Holloway, was apprehended later in Boulder by Boulder police who were looking for him on an unrelated matter, said Broomfield Police Sgt. Scott Swenson.
Swenson said Broomfield police became aware of the situation when they were called to the Summit Apartment Complex in the 200 block of Summit Boulevard shortly after 8 a.m. today on reports of shots fired.
Swenson said that Holloway apparently had attempted to contact his estranged wife and when he failed to make contact he used a shotgun to fire twice through her apartment front door. Neither of the occupants inside the apartment was seriously injured, said Swenson.
Broomfield police are not releasing the identities of the two people inside the apartment.
After the shots were fired, Holloway fled the area.
After learning that Holloway's stepfather lived in the same apartment complex, officers checking on him and found him dead inside his apartment. He died from what appeared to be a gunshot wound, said Swenson.
According to Boulder Deputy Chief of Police Greg Testa, Holloway drove back to Boulder, went to his adult daughter's residence in the 900 block of 14th Street, broke in and assaulted his daughter's roommate.
The roommate was struck on the head and cut with a bottle. As Holloway fled, his daughter was arriving back at her residence, said Testa.
After speaking with the people at the 14th Street address, the Boulder SWAT team responded to an 11-floor apartment complex in the 800 block of Folsom Street where Holloway lives.
There, said Testa, a perimeter was set up. SWAT members eventually knocked on the door of Holloway's 9th floor apartment. Holloway answered and was taken into custody without incident, said the deputy chief. By that time, Boulder was aware that Broomfield was looking for Holloway in connection with the homicide, he added.
Holloway is currently being held in Boulder County Jail. He is being held for investigation of first-degree burglary and second-degree assault in connection with the Boulder incident. He is also being held for investigation of the incident in Broomfield, including the fatal shooting.
Howard Pankratz: 303-954-1939 or hpankratz@denverpost.com
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