From February 2, 2021, through April 5, 2021, a series of armed robberies were committed at local businesses and a home invasion was committed at a residence, all in the Colorado Springs Area. The Colorado Springs Police Department’s Robbery Unit has identified and arrested the suspects for this robbery pattern. Detectives identified the suspects as 20-year-old Brian Omar Rodriguez, 20-year-old Keiandre Joseph Shelton, 21-year-old Isaac Cuitlahuac Lara-Rodriguez, and 26-year-old Corey Michael Roque. The robbery pattern included the following:
02/03/2021 Home Invasion robbery at a Residence in the 2900 block of Gomer Avenue
03/03/2021 7 Eleven, 330 South Academy Boulevard
03/03/2021 Loaf N Jug, 4770 Drennan Road
03/11/2021 Diamond Shamrock, 432 North Circle Drive
03/24/2021 Kum and Go, 3025 Hancock Expressway
03/26/2021 Walgreens, 303 South Circle Drive
03/28/2021 7 Eleven, 210 West Fillmore Street
03/29/2021 7 Eleven, 310 West Uintah Street
03/29/2021 7 Eleven, 825 North Nevada Avenue
03/29/2021 T-Mobile, 373 East Fillmore Street
04/02/2021 7 Eleven, 450 North Murray Boulevard
04/02/2021 Kum and Go, 2410 North Academy Boulevard
04/05/2021 7 Eleven, 3004 West Colorado Avenue
Rodriguez has been charged with eight counts of aggravated robbery and one count of first degree kidnapping. Shelton has been charged with eight counts of aggravated robbery and one count of first degree kidnapping. Lara-Rodriguez has been charged with seven counts of aggravated robbery. Roque has been charged with one count of aggravated robbery.
*Mugshots of the four Arrestees are at the end of this release.
The robbery that occurred at the 7 Eleven on April 5, 2021, which involved three of these suspects, was the preceding event that led to the pursuit and officer-involved shooting later that morning involving CSPD police officers. The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is handling the officer-involved shooting investigation.
Anyone with information or who is a witness to this investigation is asked to call the Colorado Springs Police Department at (719) 444-7000; or if you wish to remain anonymous, you may call the Crime Stoppers Tip Line at (719) 634-STOP (7867) or 1-800-222-8477.