DENVER — A man convicted of murder in the 2022 death of community activist Ma Kaing was sentenced to life in prison Friday.

Pa Reh was one of four suspects arrested in connection with the killing of Kaing, a mother of four and a community activist who had recently opened Taw Win Oo at the corner of Yosemite Street and E. 11th Avenue in Aurora.

Kaing and her children had arrived home the night of July 15, 2022, at the Hidden Brook Apartments when multiple suspects, including Reh, were exchanging gunfire at a park just south of the apartments.

The group of suspects noticed a vehicle they did not recognize driving around the park and "didn't believe the vehicle belonged in the area," according to a Denver Police Department official, who added that each suspect was armed with a firearm an

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