Man Suspected Of Stabbing And Killing Denver Man Arrested In Oregon

DENVER (CBS4) - Five months after the murder of a Denver man, police announced that the 33-year-old suspect in the case has been arrested on the West Coast.

Deven Tomasso (credit: CBS)

U.S. Marshals in arrested Deven Tomasso in Oregon on Wednesday. He faces a first degree murder charge in the death of Joshua Jost.

Tomasso allegedly stabbed and killed Jost, 44, after an argument on Jan. 4. A week later authorities issued a warrant for his arrest. He had been on the run until this week.

A date has not been set for extradition for Tomasso to be returned to Denver, according to the Denver District Attorney's office.

In 2014 police said Tomasso threatened employees with a knife inside a Denver 7-Eleven while he was on parole.

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