The Thornton Police Department has arrested 25-year-old Zamien Rivas in connection with the homicide that occurred just before 11 p.m. on March 25 near East 88th Avenue and Grant Street. Rivas and the victim were known to each other.
Officers initially responded to a report of a person bleeding and located an adult male with an apparent wound. Officers rendered aid until medical personnel arrived. The 29-year-old victim was transported to the hospital, where he later died. Investigators have since learned the victim’s injuries were the result of a stabbing.
Rivas was taken into custody on April 2 with assistance from the Arvada Police Department. He was arrested for murder and booked into the Adams County Jail.
Under Colorado law, the arrest and filing of criminal charges are merely formal accusations that an individual committed a crime. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.