Broomfield Teen Shooter Gets 7 Years In Juvenile Offender Program

BROOMFIELD, CO – An 18-year old man was sentenced to serve time in a juvenile offender program for attempted murder in a March shooting in Broomfield that left a 17-year-old paralyzed.

Broomfield District Court Judge Michael Goodbee sentenced Luis Gustavo Sanchez to seven years in the Youthful Offender System.

As part of a plea deal, Goodbee also suspended a 28-year sentence to the Department of Corrections. Sanchez must serve that prison sentence if he fails to comply with program requirements of his Youth Offender System sentence, according to the 17th Judicial District Attorney's Office.

On March 22, Broomfield police responded to a call of shots fired in the area of West 131st Avenue and Grove Place. A 17-year-old teen had been shot in the back and was taken to Denver Health Medical Center. Another teen fled after being shot at. The shooting took place over a drug deal, prosecutors said.

Sanchez was arrested and charged as an adult with two counts of attempted first-degree murder, assault and other charges. He pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder in September.

No mug shot was released since Sanchez was a juvenile at the time of the shooting.

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