Aurora man convicted of murder for shooting suspected teen car thieves

A man who chased down and shot two teenagers suspected of trying to steal his wife s car in was located guilty of murder on Monday according to court records An Adams County jury on Monday convicted Orest Schur of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder in the July shooting according to court records The jury could have convicted Schur of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder but chose the lesser charges Schur woke up to a car alarm just before midnight on July and spotted two teenagers dressed in black outside his Aurora home in the block of East th Place The -year-old and -year-old who Schur suspected were trying to break into his wife s car sped away in a separate car police commented Schur chased after the teenagers and when they crashed a sparse blocks away shot them He reported police the teenagers had shot at him first but investigators stated in his arrest affidavit that they didn t find any evidence of anyone firing at Schur Paramedics took both sufferers to the hospital where the -year-old died from his injuries Related Articles Jury finds MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell liable for defamation orders him to pay M in damages Man takes deal pleads guilty to attempted kidnapping of Westminster candidate A judge blocked a rural Colorado city from disbanding a church s homeless encampment Then the city fired her What we saw during hours with Denver police on th Street mall Thousands expected at No Kings protests across Colorado as tensions over immigration mount At the time of the shooting Schur was a sergeant posted at the Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora and had received weapons training He received combat organization and other medals following his Army tours in Afghanistan according to military records Schur is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug according to court records Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day