Charges against a Denver man suspected of murdering his neighbor more than six years ago will likely be dropped in the coming days after he was repeatedly found incompetent to stand trial.
On Wednesday, loved ones of the man shot and killed in the case gathered in court for what is expected to be the final hearing before Alberto Calcurian, 47, is cleared of his charges. Calcurian allegedly shot 59-year-old Mark Berman multiple times in front of his home in October 2019.
Calcurian, who lived down the street from Berman, called 911 to report that “he had just shot a man in self-defense” and that the gun he used was on his living room floor, unloaded, according to arrest documents. He was eventually charged with first-degree murder.
But what the victim’s family thought was an open-and-shut case will not likely end in a conviction…