Man who killed himself had criminal record

By Alan Gathright, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)

Published August 15, 2008 at 12:05 a.m.

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A driver who killed himself Monday morning after fleeing a traffic stop has been identified as a 37-year-old Adams County man.

Police said Ian Theodore Rendon fled in a black Audi after a patrol officer tried to stop him for a routine traffic violation at West Sixth Avenue near Wadsworth Boulevard.

Soon after, the officer found the car abandoned and spotted Rendon a half-mile away on foot holding a gun, police said. Rendon then shot himself in the head, police said.

Police spokesman Sonny Jackson said authorities wouldn't speculate on why the man took his life.

Rendon had a lengthy history of arrests for assault, theft and weapons violations, according to court records.

• August 15, 2008

  3:19 a.m.

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  happymike44 writes:

  One less we have to pay to keep in prison.
  The poor guy got on the wrong path and could ever seem to find his way again.

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