A 20-year-old man pleaded responsible to second-degree homicide Wednesday for fatally capturing an Aurora teen close to Cherry Creek Excessive College in Greenwood Village, in accordance with court docket data.
Jorge Trujillo, additionally an Aurora resident, was arrested in August 2024, 4 months after police say he shot and killed 18-year-old Jose Angel Hernandez close to East Union Avenue and South Yosemite Road within the early hours of April 27, 2024.
Hernandez was discovered useless in an SUV that was stopped in the midst of the street with all of the doorways open and lights on, in accordance with the Greenwood Village Police Division.
Investigators decided that Trujillo, Hernandez and two others met up the night time earlier than to promote medicine at a Denver membership and began arguing after leaving the membership.
The group pulled over because the argument received extra heated, and witnesses stated Trujillo began capturing Hernandez with out warning earlier than working from the scene.
Hernandez is about to be sentenced in Arapahoe County District Court docket on Jan. 12, court docket data present.
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