An Aurora man was sentenced to 22 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in a teen’s shooting death near Cherry Creek High School, according to court records.
Jorge Trujillo, 20, pleaded guilty to killing 18-year-old Jose Angel Hernandez, who police found shot to death in the driver’s seat of an SUV stopped in the middle of the road in Greenwood Village in the early hours of April 27, 2024.
Greenwood Village Police Department investigators said the men had been arguing while driving with two other people in the SUV when Hernandez pulled over and everyone but Hernandez got out of the vehicle to cool down. Trujillo then started shooting Hernandez without warning and ran from the scene, witnesses told police.
Trujillo was sentenced to 22 years in prison with credit for 503 days served on Jan. 12, court records show. He was represented by the , which does not comment on criminal cases.
