The Jefferson County District Attorney’s office has formally charged the 31-year-old man accused of killing Arvada police officer Dillon Vakoff.
Vakoff was killed last week, when he reported to the scene of a large domestic disturbance in an Arvada neighborhood. According to police, Sonny Almanza took out a gun and exchanged gunfire with the responding officers, killing Vakoff and injuring a female victim.
Almanza is charged with 11 counts, including murder in the first degree, and attempted murder of the female victim, who has now been identified as Mercedes Lopez.