ELBERT COUNTY, Colo. — A 49-year-old Parker man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for a bizarre and violent 2024 gun attack on a longtime friend.
An Elbert County district judge sentenced Richard Szabelski on Friday after he pleaded guilty to second-degree assault as a crime of violence in connection with the July 2024 incident.
The attack followed a Red Rocks concert where the friend allegedly made an inappropriate gesture toward Szabelski’s wife…