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Suspect arrested in Springs' 29th homicide

Posted: 12.03.2011 at 2:01 PM

Danny Fields, 18, was arrested Saturday for the shooting death of 20-year-old Zechariah Gardner. / Courtesy: Colorado Springs Police Department

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- Colorado Springs Police officers have arrested a Peyton man believed to be responsible for the shooting death of a 20-year-old man in Colorado Springs.

The shooting took place just after 7:30 Friday night in the 1100 block of South Chelton Road.

Officials said 20-year-old Zechariah Gardner was shot multiple times. He was taken to a local hospital where he later died. An autopsy determined Gardner's death to be a homicide.

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During the investigation, officers searched the home of 18-year-old Danny Fields, Jr. in Peyton. Early Saturday morning Fields was arrested and charged with first degree murder.

Gardner's death is the 29th homicide this year in Colorado Springs.

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