Grand Junction, Colorado



From Grand Junction's NBC11NEWS.com (KKCO) of January 14, 2004

GUNMAN MAY NOT BE CHARGED IN APARTMENT SHOOTING



An investigation reveals the man who was shot inside a home in the Villa San Marcos apartment complex was one of two men who allegedly barged into the home of the shooter looking for someone who owed one of the suspects money. One man involved in the crime is behind bars, the other is in a hospital bed recovering from a gun shot wound to the stomach. The resident of the apartment where the shooting happened, Joseph Moyano, 25, told police the suspect who's now in custody, Claudio Baca, 24, of Grand Junction and another man who's identity has not been released, broke into his apartment about four o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The two were apparently looking for a woman who's known to frequent the apartment. Once the two men entered the house a scuffle ensued between Moyano and Baca. Both men had guns. Moyano's gun fired hitting the unidentified suspect. So far police say Moyano was justified in the shooting. Baca is being held in the Mesa County Jail on felony charges of 1st degree burglary, menacing and kidnapping. The two suspects allegedly held a friend of the woman they were looking for against her will during the incident. She's been identified as Crystal McFadden, 21. Charges against the injured suspect are pending.