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Man Sentenced To Prison For Deadly Stabbing While Wearing Clown Makeup

DENVER (CBS4) — A man who was found guilty in a deadly stabbing while wearing claw-like gloves and clown-style makeup was sentenced to prison on Friday.

Christian Gulzow, 37, was found guilty of second-degree murder in June.

Gulzow fatally stabbed Brian Lucero, 29, in the parking lot of Torchy's Tacos on Broadway in Denver on May 23, 2017.

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Christian Gulzow (credit: Denver Police)

Police have said that witnesses reported seeing a man with white clown makeup with black streaks threatening Lucero in a nearby convenience store.

Authorities have said Gulzow followed Lucero when he left the store. Lucero was found with a stab wound to his neck.

Gulzow was sentenced to 42 years in prison.

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