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Third man pleads guilty in shooting death of Metro cab driver

Christian Willis, who was 17 at the time of Bloomquist’s shooting, made the call for a cab that lured the driver to a Green Valley Ranch gated community where he was killed.

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Christian Willis
Denver Police Department
Christian Willis
A third man has pleaded guilty in an armed robbery attempt that led to the shooting death of Metro Taxi driver Darren Bloomquist in 2015.

Christian Willis, who was 17 at the time of Bloomquist’s shooting, made the call for a cab that lured the driver to a gated community in Green Valley Ranch where he was killed.

Willis, 20, on Friday pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon as part of a plea deal that resulted in dismissal of a felony murder charge.

Two others involved in the robbery, and shooting, also pleaded guilty and have been sentenced.

in March to aggravated robbery, menace with a deadly weapon, and was sentenced to 25 years in prison in May.

and attempted aggravated robbery and was sentenced last December to 48 years.

Dasean Perry and Nicholas McKinney
Denver District Attorney's Office
Dasean Perry and Nicholas McKinney

Bloomquist, 49, had been driving for Metro four years when he was killed in the early morning hours of Sept. 5, 2015.

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