Deputy District Attorney Matthew Margeson argued for a $500,000 bail, saying Brown has a lengthy criminal history including drunken driving, burglary, attempted escape, theft and disorderly conduct. Before arriving in La Plata County, Brown lived in Gypsum and is a lifelong resident of Colorado. Brown owns a home and has lived in La Plata County for 12 years, according to his defense attorney, who argued for a $20,000 bail Thursday. 0 Video YouTube 480 360 Brown’s shoes were collected as evidence, and the bottoms of the shoes appeared to match the prints found at the crime scene, according to the affidavit. Padraic Ingle and Officer Dan Kellermeyer with Durango police used a drone to locate Brown, who was taken into custody without incident. The man was in the area of East Animas Road and willing to turn himself in, according to police. Meanwhile, Durango police Detective Kathleen O’Toole contacted Brown by phone. Police issued a “code red” advising residents within a 1-mile radius to shelter in place while officers searched for the alleged shooter. The man told her he had injured himself, “and stated something to the effect of he injured himself because a predator was going to harm his child,” according to the affidavit. A woman told police she was startled by the man who walked onto her property. Wednesday, 911 dispatchers received a call about a man covered in blood who was on the caller’s property in the 2800 block of East Animas Road (County Road 250), on the other side of the Animas River from where the shooting occurred. The vehicle also had a prescription bottle in the center console with the name “Troy Brown” on it, according to the affidavit. Investigators did a Google search on the shoes and found they had a similar shoe pattern to the bloody prints found at the crime scene, according to the affidavit. They also found a receipt from Big 5 Sporting Goods for a pair of skate shoes. They also located a vehicle at the apartment complex with a leather handgun holster in plain sight. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald) Police identified a bloody shoe print with a distinctive pattern at the scene. A “person of interest” involved with the shooting was arrested later that night. 3000 2184 An investigator enters an apartment where a shooting happened early Wednesday at Red Cliff Apartments in north Durango. Mitchell told police the shooting suspect “made references during the incident about him being a ‘predator.’” According to a sex offender registry maintained by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, Mitchell has an out-of-state conviction in 2006 for child molestation and convictions in 2011 for sexual exploitation of a child involving videos. A spokeswoman for Centura Health did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Mitchell’s condition. In a brief interview Wednesday night, Mitchell said he was doing “good,” but his injuries were extensive. He received multiple gunshot wounds, according to the affidavit. Mitchell was taken to Mercy Hospital and later flown to a Colorado Springs hospital for additional treatment. He had a gash on his head and a large hole in his left hand, according to the affidavit. Mitchell, 52, told police that someone tried to break into his house and kill him. When police arrived, they found Thomas Jeffrey Mitchell with multiple gunshot wounds. Wednesday at the Red Cliff Apartments, 5800 Main Ave., in north Durango. The shooting was reported around 12:45 a.m. He is being held on $500,000 bail in the La Plata County Jail. He appeared via closed-circuit television Thursday in a La Plata County courtroom to be advised of potential charges, including felony burglary and attempted murder. Wednesday in the 2800 block of East Animas Road (County Road 250), about 20 hours after the shooting. Troy Allen Brown, 34, was arrested about 9 p.m. Durango shooting suspect allegedly targeted sex offender Troy Brown, 34, arrested on suspicion of burglary, attempted murder 480 640 Brown A Durango man is suspected of targeting a registered sex offender by breaking into his home and shooting him multiple times in the middle of the night, according to an arrest affidavit filed Thursday in La Plata County Combined Courts.

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