ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. — A Colorado anti-violence activist convicted of killing a man at a child’s birthday party two years ago to avenge the death of his son was sentenced to more than 50 years in prison by an Adams County judge Friday.
District Court Judge Jeffery Ruff sentenced Lumumba Sayers Sr. to 48 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections for second-degree murder and 18 months each for the charges of tampering with evidence and attempt to tamper with evidence — charges for which he was convicted of back in April. He will serve each of those counts consecutively.
Sayers Sr. was originally charged with first-degree murder and two counts of tampering with evidence in the August 2024 killing of 28-year-old Malcolm Watson at his son’s pool party in Commerce City’s Pioneer Park…