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New details in Colorado murder tied to ex-state Senate candidate.Apparent motive revealed for ex-state Senate candidate accused of murder A former state Senate candidate accused of murder in Colorado Springs allegedly told police that the shooting was in self-defense, arrest papers show.The victims are painting a different story.Robert Dougher, 43, was shot in the chest on Sunday following a dispute in the 1900 block of Calle De Seville, in the Gold Hill Mesa subdivision south of Old Colorado City and U.S.Three others listed as victims in the case told police the group was preparing to leave for a hiking trip when they were approached by 64-year-old Timothy Arvidson, who had a single hand behind his back as he approached them.In separate interviews, the three told investigators that Arvidson walked up to the driveway of the home and was accusing two of them of dealing drugs, which led to a verbal confrontation between Dougher, Arvidson and another man.That is when Arvidson allegedly pulled a gun from behind his back and then fired one round at Dougher, the victims said.According to a Colorado Springs Police Department detective, body-camera footage shows Arvidson confessing to shooting Dougher, who Arvidson said had a gun.“There’s a drug house right there.They came after me with a gun,” the footage shows Arvidson allegedly say.The detective says in Arvidson’s arrest papers that there were no other reports of anyone else having a gun besides the suspect, which surveillance footage captures him walking toward a home registered to his wife with a gun in hand following the shooting.With a gunshot wound to the chest, the victims told police that they put Dougher in a car and tried to rush him to the hospital, but they stopped at a 7-Eleven off 21st Street when he started to lose consciousness.By the time police and medical personnel arrived, Dougher had died.Arvidson’s wife, Denise Ras, told investigators that Arvidson started carrying a black handgun through the neighborhood after he was almost run over by a vehicle that he believes was associated with one of the victim’s homes.Ras, who was reportedly having “ongoing relationship issues” with Arvidson, said she heard a verbal argument outside her home followed by a gunshot.She saw Arvidson walk back to their house with a gun in hand, so she locked him outside.He was later arrested by police at the scene.Arvidson, a Republican candidate who ran unsuccessfully in the state Senate District 2 primary in 2024, had a lengthy history of criminal and civil cases before his run for office.His most serious cases involve alleged driving under the influence, domestic violence and illegal use of marijuana, before it was legalized, The Gazette previously reported.In El Paso County in 1998, Arvidson was convicted after he pleaded guilty to driving while impaired and possession and sale of Schedule I and II drugs.Arvidson’s arrest on Sunday appears to be his first since running for office, according to Colorado court records.Arvidson is being held at the El Paso County jail on a no-bond hold, records show.He will make his first court appearance for his first-degree murder and menacing charges on June 11.