DENVER — A man who was convicted of shooting and killing a contracted concession worker at Coors Field in August 2021 has been sentenced to life in prison.
Javon Price was the first of three defendants in this case to be convicted and sentenced.
This case started about an hour after the Colorado Rockies game ended on Aug. 6, 2021, when a shooting was reported near Gate A, just northwest of the 22nd Street and Blake Street intersection. Two men were injured in the shooting, and one of them later died of his injuries. The other man was treated for injuries that were not life-threatening.
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The man who was killed was a contracted concessions worker at the stadium, Denver police said. He had been in an argument with two other people when he was shot multiple times as he was chased down a staircase in the stadium, according to an arrest affidavit Denver7 obtained a few days after the shooting. That document showed that the two other individuals — the suspects — also worked for the contract company…