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A suspect pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder in the 2022 fatal shooting of a 16-year-old at the Downtown Denver Skatepark, according to the district attorney's office.
Juan Herrera-Lozano died April 23, 2022, at the skatepark at 2205 19th St. in Lower Downtown. Officers who responded found him lying in the street, suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The video above aired in April 2022: 16-year-old Juan Herrera-Lozano shot and killed at Denver skate park
Owen Ruiz, who was 16 at the time of the shooting, pleaded guilty on Friday. He originally faced several charges including first-degree murder and possession of a weapon by a previous offender.
Ruiz is scheduled to be sentenced on April 1.
In surveillance video of the skatepark shooting released by Denver Police in 2022, Herrera-Lozano can be seen crossing the street and speaking with people inside a dark-colored sedan. He begins running from the vehicle. Someone in the car then fires a gun, hitting and killing him.
Denver Police found six fired cartridges in the street, according to the arrest affidavit.