An Aurora, Colo. man who shot and killed a household buddy over a Christmas Day poker sport has been sentenced to life in jail with out parole.
Curtis Davis-Barnes, above, misplaced between $600 and $700 to the sufferer earlier than capturing him within the head and chest. (Picture: Arapaho County Sheriff’s Workplace)
Earlier this month, Curtis Davis-Barnes, 38, was convicted by an Arapahoe County jury of first-degree homicide in relation to the loss of life of his buddy, Aarion Derritt, within the early hours of Christmas Day, 2019.
The 2 males had been taking part in poker and cube with a number of others within the basement of an Aurora property after household and buddies had gathered for a vacation celebration, in response to prosecutors.
Davis-Barnes misplaced between $600 and $700 to Derritt through the session. Derritt supplied to present among the cash he had gained again to Davis-Barnes. However the latter was “dissatisfied with Mr. Derritt’s generosity,” in response to Senior Deputy District Lawyer Casey Brown.
Shot and Robbed
As an alternative, Davis-Barnes disappeared upstairs, returning moments later with a handgun. He shot Derritt within the head and chest, took money from his pockets, and fled from the property in a gray BMW, prosecutors mentioned.
Police had been referred to as to the property at round 2 am, the place they discovered Derritt lifeless from a number of gunshot wounds.
Mr. Derritt was the lifetime of the celebration, and his household was crushed by the sudden lack of their beloved son, brother, and father,” Brown mentioned.
He added that Davis-Barnes had eradicated any risk of Derritt surviving and had spent the rest of Derritt’s cash hiding from the police.
‘Laborious to Consider’
“It’s arduous to imagine {that a} pleasant vacation gathering would finish in homicide, however that’s precisely what occurred right here,” mentioned District Lawyer John Kellner. “This defendant was sad that he was shedding a sport, so he calmly retrieved a firearm and shot the sufferer to loss of life. I’m glad we had been capable of acquire justice for the household of the sufferer, though nothing will carry again Mr. Derritt.”
The suspect was apprehended on the night of December 31. On February 18, he was convicted of aggravated theft, felony menacing, and felony possession of identification paperwork along with homicide.
“By all accounts, Mr. Derritt did nothing to impress the defendant. He did nothing to instigate a confrontation or incite any violence,” Chief Deputy District Lawyer Jason Siers mentioned in a press release. “He was taking part in a sport, and he ended up shot lifeless when he ought to have been capable of go dwelling and have a good time Christmas.”
