By Sydney Isenberg | Denver7
PUEBLO, Colo. — The chief of the Pueblo Police Department blamed Colorado’s “soft-on-crime legislation” for a shootout that left three of his officers injured and a suspect dead on Tuesday.
Pueblo Police Chief Chris Noeller said his officers were searching for Billy Soto, 34, who was wanted for attempted murder in connection with a shooting at the Pueblo Village Apartments on Feb. 3.
Noeller called Soto a “self-admitted MS-13 gang member” with an extensive criminal history, including 14 felony arrests. The police chief said most of those felony arrests were pleaded down to misdemeanors.