2 Charged In Shooting Deaths Of 3 In Adams County
BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP/CBS4) - Two men arrested in the shooting deaths of three men in Colorado last week have been charged and could face the death penalty.
Gabriel Flores, 41, the alleged gunman, was charged Tuesday with three counts of first-degree murder. He was also charged with one count of attempted murder involving a fourth man in the Adams County home.
Furmen Lee Leyba, 30, was charged with felony murder for allegedly joining Flores and helping rob two of the victims and another person of money, firearms, drugs and credit cards. They were identified for the first time as 17-year-old Jayson Antonio Figueroa, 18-year-old Johnny Angel Gutierrez and 37-year-old Jason Albert Quizada.
Wearing a t-shirt made in Gutierrez's memory, Segura shook with grief and emotion as the judge read the charges against his son's accused killers.
Gutierrez's father, Leo Segura, said he wants people to know his son wasn't a gang member, describing him as "my No. 1 champion."
"I just hope that they pay for what they did. They took a life from a lot of people, he was really loved," Segura told CBS4. "He was just at the wrong place at the wrong time and what happened to him, he didn't deserve that. He was a good kid. He was an athlete. He was my No. 1 champion and he always will be."
The arrests and charges come after a spree that left neighbors afraid for days. Police captured Flores on Wednesday after a high-speed chase in Jefferson County. Two days later they took Leyba into custody in northwest Denver. A deputy was shot trying to capture him.
Preliminary hearings for both men are set for Feb. 17.
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