Julian Rivera was recently handed a life sentence by a judge in the shooting death of a man at a Lakewood motel on Jan. 26, 2021.
Rivera now heads to two other courtrooms to face charges for shootings committed later that same day.
In March, a Jefferson County jury convicted Rivera of the early morning murder of 29-year-old Geronimo Alvarado. Alvarado was shot to death at the Blue Sky Motel located at 6205 West Colfax Avenue.
Lakewood Police Department personnel responded to the motel at 2:45 a.m. On surveillance video, they saw a man get out of a white GMC SUV and enter Alvarado’s apartment for only a few seconds before leaving.
Rivera is also charged with attempted murder after a man was shot in the head mid-morning in Commerce City, and with murder in the case another man who was fatally shot in the head around noon in Denver.
Rivera was arrested that night after a short pursuit in Castle Rock.
Rivera has pleaded not guilty in those remaining cases. The judges have previously ordered mental health evaluations for Rivera in both.
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