DENVER — A man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to a second-degree murder charge in connection with the 2022 killing of East Colfax community activist Ma Kaing.
Nu La, 23, was sentenced Monday to 18 years in prison, according to court records. He pleaded guilty in June 2024 to one count of second-degree murder.
La was one of four people charged in connection with the death of Kaing, who was killed by a stray bullet on July 15, 2022, in the 1300 block of Xenia Street. Bullets fired from the nearby New Freedom Park struck Kaing, who was putting groceries away…