GOLDEN, Colo. — A man was sentenced on Tuesday in Jefferson County District Court to 14 years in prison for a shooting last year in a Walmart parking lot in Lakewood, according to the district attorney's office
Kile Joshua Chaca, 22, was convicted in August of attempted second-degree murder and first-degree assault.
His five-day trial was the first felony trial held in Jefferson County since the lifting of some COVID-19 court restrictions, according to a press release from the 1st Judicial District Attorney's Office.
The shooting occurred about 9:30 p.m. Aug. 25, 2019, outside the Walmart at Wadsworth Boulevard and West 4th Avenue.
A Lakewood Police Department (LPD) agent who was on patrol at the Walmart heard gunshots and found a man lying on the ground with gunshot wounds, the release says. The victim was transported to a hospital.
The suspect fled the scene and was later taken into custody, according to police.
An investigation found that Chaca and the 33-year-old victim had gotten into a road rage incident in the parking lot. They were arguing when Chaca pulled out a gun and shot the victim five times, the release says.
The Walmart at 4th and Wadsworth was the site of another shooting last week when a suspect, identified as Matthew Paul, 46, of Denver, fatally shot a man in the parking lot. After he attempted a carjacking and fired shots at homes and a police vehicle, Paul was shot and killed by officers, police said.
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