Pounds of pot, $20K in cash found in murdered Durango student’s home; suspected coke found in suspects’ vehicles

Investigators found a little more than 9 pounds of black-market marijuana and around $20,000 in cash in the room of the man shot and killed in Durango early Tuesday and several grams of suspected cocaine in the suspects’ vehicles.

Four people were arrested in connection to 20-year-old Samuel Gordon’s shooting death. Police said Wednesday that one of the suspects knew Gordon had a large amount of marijuana in the house.

Investigators from Durango PD, the Colorado Bureau of Investigations and the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office executed search warrants at Gordon’s home and on two of the vehicles that belonged to the suspects.

They say they found the marijuana and cash in Gordon’s room – packaged up in bags and jars. Durango police said it was “obvious” the marijuana was being sold on the black market.

Police said detectives found 5.5 grams of a white powdery substance that they suspect is cocaine in the suspects’ cars. It is being tested for positive identification it is cocaine.

Officers have already arrested four suspects – all from the Phoenix area: 19-year-old Kodi Kuauhtli, 22-year-old Alvin Flores, 20-year-old Daniel Wright and 21-year-old Kuauhtleko Garcia.

Three of them went into the house through an unlocked patio door armed with guns, according to police.

Police say the incident remains under investigation and have set up a tip line at 970-382-5029 for anyone with more information to call.