The man convicted of gunning down two men at The Coin Shop in downtown Cheyenne ten years ago will spend the rest of his life in prison.

Laramie County District Court Judge Catherine R. Rogers on Tuesday, Aug. 12, sentenced 69-year-old Douglas Mark Smith to back-to-back life sentences for the murders of 67-year-old Dwight M. Brockman and 76-year-old George "Doc" Manley.

Case Background

The horrific murders happened around 9:30 a.m. on July 20, 2015, just blocks from the Depot Plaza where a Cheyenne Frontier Days pancake breakfast was winding down.

Large crowds were circulating through the area when police say they received a 911 call from Smith stating an armed robbery was taking place.

Officers arrived to find Brockman, the shop owner, and Manley, his friend, dead from singl

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