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Alejandro Rodriguez (left) and Mario Dean Chavez are suspected in a home intrusion where one of the intruders was shot and killed.

Police Arrest Brother Of Alleged Intruder Killed By Homeowner

Homeowner Says 3-4 Men Forced Their Way Into Trinidad Home

POSTED: 8:39 pm MST November 21, 2011
UPDATED: 10:08 am MST November 22, 2011

One of the men believed to have been with an alleged intruder who was shot and killed by a homeowner has been located, but police are still looking for another suspect.

Trinidad police say a homeowner was awoken Saturday around 2 a.m. by the sound of a knock at the front door and the door being forced open.

The homeowner said he believed there were three to four men who had forced their way into the home.

The homeowner's wife hid in the bathroom when the homeowner was approached by one of the intruders in the bedroom.

The home owner grabbed his handgun and confronted the intruder, police said. The intruder ran out, yelling “He has a gun!”

As the intruder was fleeing, the homeowner fired his weapon through the bedroom door and wall toward the fleeing men.

After he believed all the men had fled the home, the victim went to his living room and saw blood. He then looked outside his home and saw a man lying face down on the front lawn.

Police identified that man as 24-year-old Rory Davis Rodriguez. He had been shot in the head.

Investigators believe Rodriguez was breaking into the home with his 21-year-old brother, Alejandro Rodriguez, and 21-year-old Mario Dean Chavez.

Denver officers arrested Alejandro Rodriguez on Monday at a hospital where he was being treated for a gunshot wound to the abdomen from an unrelated shooting in Denver.

Police were still looking for Chavez, whose last known address was 3260 W. 14th Ave. in Denver.

Police say Rory Rodriguez was from Denver but his brother had lived down the street from the Trinidad home that was the target of the home invasion robbery.

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