Court hearing rescheduled again for defendant in K-9 shooting case

Defense requests more time for discovery

BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e Lakewood man who reportedly killed a Je erson County Sheri K-9 and pointed a gun at a Golden police o cer has had his preliminary hearing delayed again, as his defense attorney requested more time for discovery in the case.

Eduardo Romero, 29, was arrested Feb. 13 for reportedly eeing police near the Colorado School of Mines campus and shooting K-9 Gra t, who was trying to apprehend him.

e District Attorney’s O ce has led eight charges against Romero, including felony charges of aggravated cruelty to animals, identity theft, motor vehicle theft and menacing. His bond was set at $300,000 cash only.

Romero appeared in court virtually from the Je co jail on April 11, where his attorney asked the judge to reschedule the preliminary hearing. e judge approved moving it to 1 p.m. May 9 at the county courthouse.

A preliminary hearing determines whether there’s enough evidence against the defendant for the case to proceed through the judicial system.

According to Romero’s defense attorney, the initial incident was classi ed as an o cer-involved shooting, as a Je co Sheri deputy red his gun during the incident. e deputy didn’t hit Romero, but the First Judicial District’s Critical Incident Response Team must