Teen sentenced to 30 years in prison for fatal Aurora, Arapahoe County shootings
An 18-year-old man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in two shootings that killed an Iraqi refugee and an Aurora teenager in 2023.
Dhaevontae Rogers-Broadus pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the deaths of Ahmed Zainuldeen and Raphael Velin, who were killed in separate shootings on Sept. 19 and Sept. 30, 2023, the Arapahoe County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday.
Zainuldeen, 23, was fatally shot in an apartment complex parking lot in the 7400 block of East Harvard Avenue after he confronted Rogers-Broadus and two other teens who were trying to steal his car.
Iraqi refugee Ahmed Zainuldeen, 23, was identified by his employment case worker as the man killed overnight Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, in a carjacking in the 7400 block of East Harvard Avenue in Arapahoe County. The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office is searching for four male suspects, who could be teenagers, in connection to the shooting. (Courtesy of Zainuldeen family)
Rogers-Broadus’ gun was used in the shooting but prosecutors do not believe he was the shooter, according to the DA’s office. The group of teens left with Zainuldeen’s car, which he had recently saved up to buy. His family had moved to metro Denver nine months previously after fleeing persecution in Iraq.
Velin was shot multiple times during an aggravated robbery, according to the district attorney’s office, and Rogers-Broadus and four others were arrested in the case. Police were never able to determine who fired the shots that killed Velin.
Nancy Velin sits with a photo printout of her son’s obituary notice at her home in Aurora on March 4, 2024. Velin’s 15-year-old son Raphael was shot Sept. 30, 2023, in the parking lot of Southlands shopping center near 6100 Main St. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Rogers-Broadus was 16 years old at the time of the shootings but was charged as an adult.
“Ultimately, two families are torn apart by these senseless acts of violence. I recognized that no sentence will repair the harm this defendant has caused,” Senior Deputy District Attorney Cole Plummer said in a statement.
Attorneys for Rogers-Broadus could not immediately be reached for comment on Wednesday.
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