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JUVENILE CHARGED AS AN ADULT IN MURDER CASE
March 30, 2001
Contact:
Lynn Kimbrough, 720-913-9025
Denver District Attorney Bill Ritter, Jr. filed charges today in
connection with a shooting last weekend that left one teenager dead and
two others injured. 14-year-old Felix Sharp, Jr. was shot and killed;
17-year-old Lymas Gains and 17-year-old Tyler Jones were both injured in
the shooting that occurred March 23, 2001 at 5556 Billings Street in
Denver.
17-year-old Donald Robinson (DOB: 8-2-83) is charged as an adult with
first degree murder, extreme indifference (F1), two counts of attempted
first degree murder (F2), first degree assault (F3), second degree assault
(F4), juvenile in possession of a handgun (M2) and two counts of crime of
violence.
Robinson will be transferred from the Gilliam Youth Center to the
Denver County Jail where he will be held without bond. He is scheduled to
appear in Denver District Court at 8:30 a.m., Monday, April 9, 2001 to be
formally advised of the charges against him.
An arrest warrant has been issued for a second suspect, 19-year-old
Edward Brown, (DOB: 8-11-81) who remains at large.
*The filing of a criminal charge is merely
a formal accusation that an individual(s) committed a crime(s)
under Colorado laws. A defendant is presumed innocent until
and unless proven guilty. See Colo. RPC 3.6
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