PUEBLO, Colo. (KOAA) — A man who died following a shooting on East Mesa Avenue in Pueblo early Wednesday morning has been identified.

According to the Pueblo County Coroner, he was 31-year-old Merlin Z. Ortiz of Pueblo.

Background Information

The Pueblo Police Department has begun a homicide investigation following a shooting early Wednesday morning.

Police say that at 3:08 a.m. on Wednesday, the department's Real-Time Crime Center (RTCC) ShotSpotter Technology detected shots fired in the 200 block of East Mesa Avenue, which is located near Benedict Park.

When officers arrived on the scene, they found seven shell casings. Police were also notified that a man, later identified as Ortiz, with a gunshot wound was left at a hospital nearby and was later pronounced dead.

Police are acti

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