VAIL — The suspect in a fatal Colorado bar shooting once begged authorities to return his guns after he pleaded guilty to illegal discharge of a firearm.
Richard Moreau wrote a judge in 2005 that firing the gun was a “stupid, unfortunate mistake.” Moreau said in the letter that it had been the first time he had a loaded gun in his house and promised that it would never happen again.
“I thank the Lord every day that this didn’t result in injury or death,” Moreau wrote.
It’s unclear whether Moreau got his guns back, and a police report of the incident was not immediately available.
Prosecutors are considering filing a first-degree murder charge against Moreau for the death of 70-year-old Gary Bruce Kitching last weekend at the Sandbar Sports Grill in Vail. Three others in the bar were wounded.
Moreau is being held without bail.
