A 20-year-old man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Wednesday for fatally shooting an Aurora teen near Cherry Creek High School in Greenwood Village, according to court records.
Jorge Trujillo, also an Aurora resident, was arrested in August 2024, four months after police say he shot and killed 18-year-old Jose Angel Hernandez near East Union Avenue and South Yosemite Street in the early hours of April 27, 2024.
Hernandez was found dead in an SUV that was stopped in the middle of the road with all the doors open and lights on, according to the Greenwood Village Police Department.
Investigators determined that Trujillo, Hernandez and two others met up the night before to sell drugs at a Denver club and started arguing after leaving the club.
The group pulled over as the argument got more heated, and witnesses said Trujillo started shooting Hernandez without warning before running from the scene.
Hernandez is set to be sentenced in Arapahoe County District Court on Jan. 12, court records show.
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