DENVER — A teenager accused of shooting a woman in the head two days before his 18th birthday in Denver's Central Park neighborhood is being charged as an adult.
The Denver District Attorney's Office said Thursday that on March 27, the 52-year-old victim was trying to enter a building near East 56th Avenue and North Dallas Street when a male confronted her at gunpoint and shot her before running off. She survived.
Jaycin Robinson is charged with:
- Two counts of attempted murder
- One count of first-degree assault causing serious bodily injury
- One count of aggravated motor vehicle theft
- Five counts of possessing a weapon as a previous juvenile offender
According to an arrest affidavit, the victim told police she was trying to get into the building when a guy pointed a gun at her face and told her to give him all her things.
The victim told the male that she didn't have anything, and he grabbed her backpack and shot her, the affidavit says. She said she heard a loud bang and fell to the ground.
A stolen Honda CR-V that the gunman abandoned at the scene of the crime was seized as evidence, the affidavit says. An empty bag of chips and a cup with a lid and straw were tested for fingerprints and the results led them to Robinson, who had a warrant out for his arrest from the Colorado Division of Youth Services.
A parole officer with the Colorado Division of Youth Services told a detective he saw a Crime Stoppers bulletin from Denver Police and positively identified the photo as being Robinson, according to the affidavit.
Robinson was arrested three days after the shooting.
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