DENVER (KDVR) — Court records are shedding new light on a deadly shooting near Railbender Park in Parker earlier this week.
The shooting took place on Tuesday evening at about 6:30 p.m. near the intersection of South Twenty Mile Road and East Longs Way, leaving a man dead after two vehicles reportedly stopped next to each other, and an argument occurred.
Following the argument, multiple shots were fired and one of the vehicles fled the scene. On Wednesday, the Parker Police Department announced it had arrested Matthew Littlefield, 27, of Elizabeth, who is facing a charge of second-degree murder.
In the arrest affidavit obtained by FOX31 on Thursday, officers reported conversations with witnesses surrounding the shooting. One witness told police she heard shouting between the vehicles, but couldn’t make out what was said. The witness reported the victim exited his car and was “reaching into the other vehicle.”
The affidavit said another witness made a similar statement. A third witness told police they saw the two cars stop next to each other, then saw the victim get out of his vehicle and approach the SUV. The affidavit says the witness was driving when she witnessed the incident, and after completing a turn, she “observed (the victim) ‘beating on’ the occupant of the SUV.”
The affidavit says that after he was arrested, Littlefield told police he had been driving west on Main Street when he believed he had hit a car. He made an illegal U-turn and began to follow the car onto northbound Twenty Mile Road.
Both cars stopped at the same intersection, and both drivers rolled down their windows.
Littlefield allegedly told police that the victim was “saying something unknown to him,” and he was “just trying to tell (the victim) that he wanted to exchange information, if they had in fact collided,” according to the affidavit.
Littlefield told police that the other driver got out of his vehicle, leaned into Littlefield’s car and “began repeatedly striking him in the face while also grabbing into his jacket.” That’s when Littlefield says he reached into his “go bag” that has knives, a gun and ammunition, and grabbed his handgun, while still being hit by the other driver.
Littlefield said he “racked the slide” in an attempt to stop the assault, but the victim kept punching him.
“Littlefield said he felt like the only option he had was to ‘put round(s)’ in him,” the affidavit stated.
Littlefield then described firing the “first couple of rounds,” which didn’t seem to have an impact on the other driver, so he told police he fired two more rounds.
“Littlefield said he shot two more rounds at (the victim) after he’d realized he’d been hit,” the affidavit said. “Littlefield said, ‘…it’s a hundred percent overkill…'”
The affidavit also notes that Littlefield told police about pointing a shotgun at two men during an incident in Parker in 2022. He told police he was unable to tell his side of the story at the time, and that led to him spending two years on probation.
“Littlefield did not have any obvious signs of injury to his face or chest areas, and his glasses did not appear broken or damaged,” the affidavit said.
Police also learned that Littlefield went to a friend’s house after the shooting. While interviewing the friend, police learned that the friend helped Littlefield hide shell casings in the kitchen trash. The friend then helped police recover four 9mm Luger shell casings from the kitchen trash.
Littlefield is scheduled to appear in court on Monday, Sept. 29, for a return filing of charges hearing.
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