Officials have identified a man who was in a stolen truck with two others killed by police bullets.

Alonso Banuelos, 23, of Denver, was arrested on suspicion of aggravated motor vehicle theft and conspiracy to commit motor vehicle theft, according to a media release from the Adams County Sheriff's Office.

Juan Luis Arteaga, 21, and Jose Cruz Banuelos, 22, died early Friday morning after police fired on a stolen pickup the trio were in. The Adams County coroner's office said Monday that Arteaga died of a single gunshot wound and Banuelos died of multiple wounds.

At about 2 a.m. Friday sheriff's deputies responded to the 400 block of Cuchara Street to check on a report of a stolen Dodge Durango.

A deputy spotted the stolen SUV and saw three men "getting into a Ford truck that was parked and running, directly in front of the stolen Durango," the sheriff's office said.

"The Ford was being stolen as the deputy arrived."

The deputy pursued the Ford and was joined by a Federal Heights police officer, a Westminster police officer and the Colorado State Patrol.

Near East 62nd Avenue and Broadway the driver of the Ford "lost control" and hit a light pole.

Pursuing deputies and officers got out of their cars and shouted orders for the suspects to surrender, the release said.

The driver of the truck rammed three marked patrol cars in an attempt to flee; a sheriff's deputy and a Westminster police officer fired on the truck.

Alonso Banuelos, who was not hit by gun fire, was taken into custody without further incident. He has been released from the Adams County Jail on a $5,000 bond.

The auto thefts and the fatal shooting remain under investigation.

Kieran Nicholson: 303-954-1822 or knicholson@denverpost.com.