Tyrone Williams, 31, was found guilty today of killing a tattoo parlor operator three years ago.
Williams will face life in prison without parole when he is sentenced on Aug. 20 in the shooting of 27-year-old Joshua Trobaugh in August 2007 during a robbery at Trobaugh’s business, Mr. Tank’s Tattoos, at 6640 East Colfax Ave.
A jury found Williams guilty of first-degree murder and aggravated robbery.
Homicide detectives said after the shooting that a witness said Trobaugh’s wife hid a large amount of marijuana before police arrived. The business was ransacked, but nothing was taken from the cash register or safe.
Inside the Trobaugh’s safe, police found two assault rifles and two semiautomatic handguns with fully loaded magazines, according to court documents in the case.
Williams was charged in 2008 while serving time in Denver-area jails on unrelated charges.
He has been arrested numerous times, including weapons, drugs and domestic violence charges, records show.
He also was arrested in 2004 in the death of Anthony M. Wallace, 32, who was shot multiple times outside his home at 1340 Kalamath St.
The charges were later dismissed, and he was released.
He served three years in prison after he was convicted of dealing drugs in 1998.
