ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. — An Aurora man was sentenced to prison on Friday, about two years after he shot two teens — killing one — who had allegedly been trying to break into his car.
A jury convicted Orest Schur, 29, of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder on June 16 and on Friday afternoon, a judge sentenced him to 54 years in prison.
The shooting happened on July 5, 2023 around 11:20 p.m. along the 19400 block of E. 59th Place, east of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge. That evening, residents reported hearing a car alarm and saw two people dressed in black attire trying to break into a Hyundai Elantra belonging to Schur, the Aurora Police Department said. Schur, who was a technical sergeant with the U.S. Space Force in Aurora at the time, also heard the alarm and armed himself with a pistol before going outside…