The first call did not come from a person at all. Shortly after midnight on September 21, Loveland police officers were sent to the Interstate 25 and Eisenhower Boulevard off-ramp by an iPhone crash notification — the automatic alert a phone sends when it detects a severe collision. What officers found there, according to the Loveland Police Department, was the aftermath of a shooting that had ended in a crash: two people with life-threatening injuries. More than six weeks later, on Tuesday evening, November 3, detectives made three arrests, and this week police set out the case publicly for the first time.

Source: Loveland Police Department, via North Forty News

The two victims survived. Police said they are now in stable condition but continue to face a significant recovery — a reminder that behind the arrest headlines, this case is about two people whose lives were changed at an interstate off-ramp in northern Colorado, on the main highway between Denver and Fort Collins.

Source: FOX31 Denver KDVR, via Spot On Colorado

What police allege happened

Investigators determined that the shooting was targeted, and believe the suspects knew at least one of the victims, the Loveland Police Department said. Police have not released additional details about the circumstances of the shooting or about the relationship between the suspects and the victims, and have not described a motive. FOX31 Denver reported that Loveland police say Flock cameras — the licence-plate reader network used by departments across Colorado — helped investigators piece together the drive-by shooting.

The three arrested were identified by police as Jose Silva, Andres Valles, and a juvenile whose identity was not released. In line with the protection given to minors, the juvenile is not named here. All three face multiple felony charges, police said, including two counts of attempted first-degree murder, first-degree assault, illegal discharge of a firearm, and conspiracy to commit a felony. Those charges are allegations: all three are presumed innocent unless and until a court proves otherwise.

Bonds that signal how seriously the court is treating the case

At a bond hearing, Magistrate Doak set cash-only bonds of $1.25 million for Valles and $750,000 for Silva, police said. A cash-only bond means the full amount must be posted in cash to secure release before trial — a far stricter condition than the bonds most defendants face, and one courts typically reserve for cases they regard as presenting a serious risk. No bond information for the juvenile was released in the police account.

A six-week, multi-agency investigation

The arrests were not the work of one department alone. Loveland police credited assistance from the Thornton, Westminster and Commerce City police departments, the District Attorney's Office, the Colorado Information Analysis Center — the state's intelligence fusion centre — FBI task forces, and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. That line-up reflects how a highway shooting investigation now works in Colorado: camera networks, phone and crash data, and detectives from several Front Range agencies pooling what their systems recorded that night.

Police have not released further details about what led up to the shooting, and the investigation remains under review as the case moves through the judicial process. The next steps are formal court proceedings for Silva and Valles in Larimer County, where prosecutors will have to prove the attempted-murder and assault allegations, and separate handling for the juvenile through the youth justice system.

Sources: Loveland Police Department account reported by North Forty News (November 5, 2026) and FOX31 Denver KDVR (November 6, 2026).