A Denver man has been sentenced to 48 years in prison for a 2022 shooting that turned into a deadly crash on Peoria Street, killing two teenagers and another driver. The punishment caps a year-long investigation into an April night that left three families mourning and a neighborhood shaken.
Sentenced After Guilty Plea
A judge handed down the 48-year sentence on Tuesday after Luis Rivas-Newcomb pleaded guilty in October to multiple charges tied to the shootings and the crash, according to 9News. Prosecutors told the court the plea deal resolved the most serious counts in a case investigators said connected several shootings around the metro area.
The 2022 Crash And Victims
The violence unfolded on the evening of April 8, 2022, when witnesses reported gunfire along North Peoria Street, and a sedan later slammed into a pickup on an overpass. Two teens in the sedan, 13-year-old Jayden Hoyle and 14-year-old Adrion Foster, along with the pickup driver…..