A Grants man has been arrested and charged with murder in connection to the shooting death of a man in Roswell. 40 year old Marcos Prieto is accused of fatally shooting 21 year old Colton Porter. RPD says the two men had an ongoing conflict between them and Prieto allegedly showed up at Porter’s home in the 300 block of West Linda Vista Boulevard Thursday morning, broke out a window, and began shouting for Porter to come outside. Porter armed himself with a knife and went outside. Moments later, Prieto is accused of shooting Porter.
Witnesses were able to tell polcie of a blue pickup truck that sped away. The truck was located within five minutes, with Priet alone inside, at the nearby McDonalds parking lot. Prieto tried to flee, but was captured by the officer and arrested on an unrelated warrant out of Grants.