AURORA — A Colorado man has received an 80-year prison sentence in the 2018 killing of two people and attempted murder of an Aurora police officer.
Demarcus Brown-Jones, 31, had been convicted in May on second-degree murder, reckless manslaughter and other charges.
Police were investigating a reported fight in August 2018 near the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus when officers found several hurt people with gunshot wounds, including an 8-year-old boy, KUSA-TV reported.
Later, during an exchange of gunfire with an officer, the officer was shot in a protective vest. The officer was released from the hospital a day later.
Wayne Carter, 19, and Anthoni Readus, 25, died in the shooting.
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