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Soldier arrested in connection with shooting
Posted: 03.17.2012 at 5:12 PM
Rachel Welte

Rachel Welte is the Weekend News Anchor and a General Assignment Reporter.

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Christopher Mountjoy, 30, was arrested Friday.  / Courtesy: CSPD
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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- Colorado Springs Police have arrested a suspect in connection with a deadly shooting outside a southern Colorado motorcycle club.

Friday night CSPD arrested 30-year-old Christopher Mountjoy at the Police Operations Center on charges of first degree murder.

Mountjoy is a Colorado Springs resident, a Fort Carson soldier, and a member of the Sin City Disciples Motorcycle Club.

Mountjoy is accused of shooting 31-year-old Virgil Means outside the motorcycle club in the early hours of March 3, 2012.

Police said Means got into a fight during a party at the club, and was shot while driving away with a witness.

He later died at the hospital and his death was ruled a homicide.

Mountjoy is a Staff Sgt. with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.

The investigation into the shooting is ongoing, and police are asking anyone with information to call them at 444-7000 or text them at TIP411.

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