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