A second man convicted of first-degree murder in the fatal East Colfax shooting of community leader Ma Kaing was sentenced to life in prison on Friday, the Denver District Attorney’s Office said.

Pa Reh, 21, will spend the rest of his life in the Colorado Department of Corrections without the possibility of parole, the mandatory sentence after he was convicted of first-degree murder by a Denver jury in July.

Reh was one of four men charged in Kaing’s death in the 1300 block of Xenia Street in July 2022, which sparked community outrage and calls for change in how 911 calls are handled by phone companies .

Kaing, 42, was unloading dessert from her car outside her family’s apartment building when Reh and three others began shooting at a passing car driven by people they had a dispute

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