A 22-year-old man was sentenced Monday in Adams County to life in prison for a fatal shooting at an Aurora bar and grill that prosecutors said was gang-related.
Kenneth Ray Banks was sentenced to life without parole, plus a 32-year sentence, in the fatal shooting of Fallon Devon Dewitt and the wounding of Michael Vincent Green, both 34, according to the district attorney’s office.
The shooting happened Nov. 20, 2015, outside the Montview Bar and Grill, 11680 E. Montview Blvd., according to a news release. The two men were leaving the bar when Banks approached them, asked for a cigarette and shot the pair.
Banks pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder Monday afternoon and immediately was sentenced by Adams County District Judge Don Quick.
“This was senseless. This was pointless,” said Tarik Sheikh, senior deputy district attorney. “His only motivation was to gain credibility with the Crips. He hunted a Blood that night. He saw a guy with red sneakers on and shot him.”
Banks was sentenced in Denver last month to two life sentences without parole for two murders that also happened in November 2015.