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Man pleads guilty to deadly shooting outside rental car business

Derron Harris, 31, was sentenced to 60 years in prison.

DENVER — A man pleaded guilty July 28 in connection with a shooting in Denver that killed one person and injured two others.

Derron Harris, 31, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, first-degree assault and second-degree assault for the May 6, 2022 shooting in a parking lot on North Broadway between 3rd and 4th avenues. 

The Denver District Attorney's Office said Patrick Huhn and his wife, Shannon Huhn, were in town from Cincinnati and renting a car from Enterprise Rent-A-Car when Harris shot them that afternoon. Patrick Huhn died, but Shannon Huhn survived. The third victim had minor injuries.

WATCH: The video above aired the day of the shooting.

Harris was taken into custody minutes after the murder, Denver Police said. 

"An eyewitness that witnessed the shooting was able to point him out to officers," said Joe Montoya, DPD division chief of investigations, the day of the shooting. "Officers were able to get that suspect into custody and has been transported down to the Denver Police Department.”

Harris was sentenced Aug. 18 to 60 years in prison. 

Credit: Denver District Attorney's Office
Derron Harris

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