A suspect was found guilty of four counts of first-degree murder after shooting and killing two brothers during a 2020 robbery in Lakewood.
On Friday morning, a jury in Jefferson County returned guilty verdicts in the trial of Marqueil Deandre Banks, now 18 years old. Banks was accused of murdering two brothers in Lakewood in 2020, according to the First Judicial District Attorney.
Banks was convicted of four counts of first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated robbery. He will be sentenced on May 5. When the brothers met with the possible buyer, Michael Anthony Mendoza, now 20, they found that he had recruited a group of juveniles to rob them, according to the district attorney's office. Both brothers were shot and killed by Banks during the robbery.Mother who lost sons to shooting wants the violence to stop 4:39 PM, Aug 30, 2020 On Aug. 31, 2020, officers arrested two teenagers — later identified as Banks and Mendoza — in connection with the crimes.
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