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Teen girl dies, two teen boys arrested in Cheyenne shooting

 

CHEYENNE (WNE) — The victim in Monday night’s shooting near Frontier Mall has been identified as a 17-year-old female Triumph High School student, and two local teens have been arrested in connection with her death.

At approximately 6 p.m. Monday, Cheyenne police officers were dispatched to a report of a shooting in the area of Frontier Mall, located at 1400 Dell Range Blvd., according to Alex Farkas, public information officer with the department.

Responding officers secured the area and located one 17-year-old female victim with an apparent gunshot wound. Medical personnel arrived and declared the girl was dead.

Through the investigation, officers learned that four individuals were traveling in a vehicle together at the time of the incident. The suspects, Tirso Munguia, 19, and Cody Nicholson, 18, both of Cheyenne, were in the back seat, while the victim and another female were seated in the front.

According to statements, Munguia and Nicholson were handling a firearm while the group was traveling on Dell Range Boulevard. Munguia reportedly fired the gun, striking the female victim in the front passenger seat. The vehicle pulled over, and Nicholson fled on foot with the gun. The driver then proceeded to the Frontier Mall parking lot and placed a call to 911.

Tips from community members helped police locate Nicholson. Patrol officers and detectives followed up on all leads and took Nicholson into custody without incident around 8:45 p.m. He was found to have an outstanding Laramie County warrant for a probation violation on an original charge of driving under the influence.

Nicholson was booked into the Laramie County jail on the warrant and a charge of accessory after the fact to manslaughter. Munguia was booked into the jail without incident on a charge of manslaughter.

This case remains under investigation by the Cheyenne Police Department.

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