EDGEWATER, Colorado — Two men will be spending the rest of their lives in prison for their role in the death of a 27-year-old man who was shot and killed while picking up his dinner at an Edgewater restaurant.
Joseph Vigil and Devon Howard were tried together earlier this month. Following a 10 day trial, Vigil was convicted on 16 counts, including first-degree murder for the death of Andrew Jenicek. Howard was convicted on 18 counts.
Vigil, 20, was sentenced to life plus 124 years in prison. Six years of that is from a jail assault.
Howard, 21, got two consecutive life sentences plus 171 years in prison. His sentence was enhanced because he’s considered a habitual criminal, according to Pam Russell with Jefferson County District Attorney’s office. He had two prior felony convictions.
Jenicek was killed on April 5, 2018 in a parking lot at West 20th Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard. The Colorado native attended D’Evelyn High School. After getting a scholarship to play at the University of Sioux Falls, Janicek finished his finance degree at CU Denver and went on to work for the state, according to his family.
Joseph Vigil shot Jenicek in the chest during an attempted robbery, prosecutors said.
He was a passenger in a car driven by Devon Howard. After shooting, prosecutors said Vigil got back in the car and as Howard drove away, he ran over Jenicek. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
On the night of the shooting, prosecutors said the men drove to a home in Arvada, where Howard fired shots into a women’s bedroom to intimidate and retaliate against her.
She was a witness in another proceeding and was not hurt, prosecutors said.
The next night, on April 6, the pair continued their crime spree by robbing customers and a clerk of a Lakewood mobile phone store at gunpoint, prosecutors said.
Vigil was also convicted of:
- Second Degree Murder
- Attempted Murder
- Aggravated Robbery
- numerous counts of Attempted Aggravated Robbery
- Conspiracy to Commit Murder
Howard was also convicted of:
- Attempted Murder
- Aggravated Robbery
- numerous counts of Attempted Aggravated Robbery
- Aggravated Intimidation of a Witness
- Retaliation of a Witness.
Both are being held without bond at the Jefferson County jail until sentencing on May 31.
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