Police arrested a second suspect in connection with Monday’s chaotic and deadly robbery to an owner in eastern Denver, which resulted in two deaths and a woman in critical condition.
Denver Police Department
Tameka Dudley
Tameka Lanise Dudley, 44, was arrested on Thursday near S. Parker Road and E. Iliff Avenue and is being held under suspicion of first-degree murder, felony theft, theft and theft of a felony motor vehicle.
Police say Dudley was part of a trio of suspects, two of whom wore reflective vests and pretended to be utility workers to gain access to Mark Outman’s house on block 900 of North Monaco Parkway in the middle of Monday.
Outman, 64, was shot dead at his home, while a visiting family member was shot and seriously injured during the assault, police said.
The police originally identified the three suspects in the incident as men, but on Friday clarified that one of them was actually Duda, who is a woman. Police described a third suspect waiting in a car outside the home during the robbery.
Joshua Hamm, 38, fled his home on foot when the police arrived, but was quickly arrested, police said. He is being held under suspicion of first-degree murder, theft and possession of a weapon by a criminal.
The other man who fled the Outman home on foot with a gun in his hand was identified as 47-year-old Larry Hamm.
He was shot dead by the police after trying to steal two vehicles and then successfully doing so with a third vehicle. A policeman following Hamm fired his weapon at the passenger window, where Hamm was sitting, hitting him.
The driver of the vehicle, who did not know Hamm, was not injured, except for a few cuts in the flying glass. Hamm later died in a hospital.
In total, three Denver police officers fired their weapons during the incident. All three policemen are on modified duty while the shooting is being investigated.
Denver police said on Friday that they believe “all suspects related to the case have been held responsible”.