AURORA, Colo. — Two people have been sentenced to prison in connection with a 2022 shooting in which a man died in an Aurora shopping center parking lot.
Kion Perkins, 33, was found shot to death inside a vehicle in a shopping center parking lot at 13280 E. Mississippi Ave. in Aurora on July 19, 2022.
Tasin Sanderson, 20, pleaded guilty in February to second-degree murder in connection with Perkins' death. Isaiah Rhodes, 20, pleaded guilty in February to one count of aggravated motor vehicle theft and one count of accessory to a crime.
From 2023: 1 of 3 suspects pleads guilty after man found shot to death in shopping plaza parking lot
Both men were also charged in connection with shots fired at an apartment complex in Denver on July 26, 2022. No one was injured in that shooting. Sanderson pleaded guilty in February to attempted murder in that case. Rhodes pleaded guilty in March to assault.
Sanderson was sentenced Friday to 45 years in prison for the Aurora case, and he was sentenced Thursday to 25 years for the Denver case. The sentences are concurrent, which means he will serve a total of 45 years in prison.
Rhodes was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for the Aurora case. His sentencing in the Denver case is set for May 31.
A third suspect, Daviyontre Sanderson, was also charged in both cases. He pleaded guilty in July in Arapahoe County District Court to conspiracy to commit murder. In the Denver case, he pleaded guilty to one count of vehicular eluding. He was sentenced in September to 27 years in prison.
From 2023: 1 of 3 suspects pleads guilty after man found shot to death in shopping plaza parking lot
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