JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. – One of the suspects accused of shooting and killing a Wheat Ridge antique shop owner in 2023 was found guilty Wednesday of multiple charges, including first degree murder.

Charles Robinson Shay, 42, was convicted by a Jefferson County jury following a 7-day trial in the killing of Peter Damian Arguello was shot and killed inside his store, Peter Damian Fine Jewelry & Antiques during a robbery on November 29, 2023.

Shay was convicted on 11 counts and faces a mandatory life sentence in prison without parole.

Court documents revealed surveillance video from inside the shop captured the shooting and showed a suspect trying to handcuff Arguello.

The victim resisted and the suspect shot Arguello three times, according to court documents.

DNA on the flex cuffs was

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