A Colorado judge sentenced a 33-year-old man to nearly a century behind bars for shooting into a bar 59 times, striking a bartender in the neck, because he was angry he got kicked out for fighting.
Jimmy Cazares was convicted in February of two counts of attempted murder, possession of a weapon by a previous offender and criminal mischief, among other charges, the Weld County District Attorney’s Office said. On Wednesday, Weld County District Court Judge Annette Kundelius sentenced Cazares to 96 years in prison.
Police in Greeley, which is about 60 miles northeast of Denver, responded on Nov. 30, 2024, to Wyler’s Pub and Brew for a shooting. When officers arrived on scene, they found a bartender suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, including one to the neck. Another woman, while not shot, was injured by being “in the direct line of fire,” prosecutors said…