JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — An Aurora man who pleaded not guilty to murdering a soliciting man on an off-ramp of W. 6th Avenue in Lakewood was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison on Friday.
After hearing testimony in court regarding a first-degree murder charge against Randy Alan Jiron, now 42 years old, the jury began deliberations on Oct. 18, which marked the fifth day of the trial. They deliberated for just under two hours before reaching a guilty verdict, according to the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office. Jiron was then sentenced to life in prison without parole.
He pleaded not guilty to the first-degree murder charge in December 2023, sending the case to trial.
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This case began in the early evening hours of June 20, 2023. Around 7:30 p.m. that day , officers with the Lakewood Police Department responded to a report of a man with a gunshot wound near the off-ramp for westbound W. 6th Avenue to Simms Avenue. When they arrived at the scene, they saw West Metro Fire paramedics loading a man into an ambulance…