EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KOAA) — The El Paso County Sheriff's Office (EPSO) has identified the victim in the Highway 24 homicide investigation.

He's been identified as 29-year-old Noel Gutierrez-Cano, and EPSO confirmed that he had at least one gunshot wound when deputies found him.

They say that his official cause of death will be determined after the coroner's office conducts an autopsy report.

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On Tuesday, August 26, EPSO was contacted about a three-car traffic crash near the intersection of Hwy 24 and Blue Gill Drive, near Judge Orr Road.

WATCH: Homicide and crash investigation underway on Highway 24 Tuesday Homicide and crash investigation underway on Highway 24 Tuesday

The person who reported the crash told the sheriff's office that a passenger in one of the ca

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