An Aurora, Colo. piece who shooter and killed a family unit friend over a Noel Clarence Day salamander game has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Earlier this month, Curtis Davis-Barnes, 38, was convicted by an Arapahoe County panel of first-degree remove inward relation to the dying of his friend, Aarion Derritt, inward the betimes hours of Yuletide Day, 2019.

According to prosecutors, the ii men had been playing poker and dice with several others inwards the cellar of an Aurora prop after kinsfolk and friends had gathered for a holiday celebration.

Davis-Barnes lost 'tween $600 and $700 to Derritt during the session. According to Senior Deputy District Attorney Casey Brown, Derritt offered to present some of the money he had won back up to Davis-Barnes, but the latter was “dissatisfied with Mr. Derritt’s generosity.”

Shot and Robbed

Instead, Davis-Barnes disappeared upstairs, reverting moments later with a handgun. He shot Derritt in the top dog and chest, took hard currency from his pockets, and fled from the holding in a gray-haired BMW, prosecutors said.

Police were called to the holding at around 2am, where they found Derritt drained from multiple gunshot wounds.

Mr. Derritt was the life-time of the party, and his family line was crushed past the unexpected loss of their honey son, brother, and father,” John Brown said.

He added that Davis-Barnes had eliminated any possibleness of Mr. Derritt surviving and had spent the residual of Mr. Derritt’s money hiding from police.

‘Hard to Believe’

“It’s knockout to trust that a well-disposed holiday assemblage would end in murder, but that is exactly what happened here,” said District Attorney Saint John the Apostle Kellner. “This suspect was unhappy that he was losing a game, so he calmly retrieved a piece and slam the dupe to death. I am glad we were able to obtain justness for the menage of the victim, although nix will play back Mr. Derritt.”

The surmise was apprehended on the eve of Dec 31. On February 18, he was convicted of provoked robbery, felony menacing, and felonious possession of identification documents inward gain to murder.

“By all accounts, Mr. Derritt did zero to stimulate the defendant. He did cipher to instigate a face-off or set off any violence,” Chief Deputy District Attorney Jason Siers said inwards a statement. “He was playing a game, and he ended up shaft idle when he should experience been able to lead rest home and fete Christmas.”