A man who fired a shotgun at Denver police in LoDo in 2008 was convicted by a Denver jury late Monday.
Andres Castillo, 28, took the weapon from his fatally wounded cousin, Mark Tabullo-Zuniga, 23, in a shootout at 18th and Market streets just before 2 a.m., as bars were closing, on June 22, 2008.
Police say Tabullo-Zuniga was arguing with another in a parking lot when gunfire erupted between the two men. When two police officers arrived Tabullo-Zuniga fired on them, and the officers returned fired and killed him. The officers were not hit.
A jury deliberated for a day before finding Castillo guilty of two counts of attempted second-degree murder and one count of second-degree assault.
Four bystanders were hit with shotgun pellets, though none of their injuries is serious. Castillo was shot by Denver police.
Castillo remains in the Denver County Jail awaiting his sentencing on June 7. He faces up to 80 years in prison, according to the Denver District Attorney’s Office.
