Teen sentenced to 30 years in prison for fatal Aurora, Arapahoe County shootings
An -year-old man was sentenced to years in prison for his role in two shootings that killed an Iraqi refugee and an Aurora teenager in 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 and Sept the Arapahoe County District Attorney s Office noted Wednesday Zainuldeen was fatally shot in an apartment complex parking lot in the 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 was identified by his employment matter worker as the man killed overnight Tuesday Sept in a carjacking in the block of East Harvard Avenue in Arapahoe County The Arapahoe County Sheriff s Office is searching for four male persons 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 in the past few days saved up to buy His family had moved to metro Denver nine months previously after fleeing persecution in Iraq Eleven days after Zainuldeen s death police say Rogers-Broadus was involved in a shooting in the parking lot of Aurora s Southlands Mall that killed Velin 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 episode 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 Velin s -year-old son Raphael was shot Sept in the parking lot of Southlands shopping center near Main St Photo by Helen H Richardson The Denver Post Rogers-Broadus was 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 noted in a message Related Articles Former LaSalle police officer sentenced to years in prison for fatal on-duty shooting Fort Collins man hit on I- near Mead arrested on suspicion of murder Denver man pleads guilty to murder in -year-old s death after gun sale Denver man killed while helping friend pick up kids from school police say arrested in fatal Green Valley Ranch shooting that caused rollover crash Attorneys for Rogers-Broadus could not right now be reached for comment on Wednesday Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day
