By Lauren Penington
Copyright denverpost
A 34-year-old man will spend the rest of his life in prison for murder in a shooting that killed two men outside of a motorcycle club in Denver in 2023.
Shon McPherson was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole, the mandatory sentence for first-degree murder in Colorado, according to Denver court records.
A Denver jury convicted McPherson in July on eight charges in the November 2023 shooting, including multiple counts of murder and attempted murder, court records show.
Todd Washington, 42, was convicted of reckless endangerment in the shooting in August. A second jury trial is set to start in October, after the initial jury failed to reach a verdict on his first-degree murder charges, according to court records.
If convicted of murder, Washington will also be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Washington’s daughter called him after she was kicked out of the motorcycle club on Nov. 5, 2023, and accused one of the security guards of putting his hands on her, according to his arrest affidavit.
McPherson and Washington arrived at Hell’s Lovers Motorcycle Club, 5514 E 33rd Ave., shortly after, confronted the security guards and began shooting, police said.
Two men, 39-year-old Joshua Batts and 43-year-old Michael David, were killed in the shooting, and three other people were injured. McPherson and Washington were also shot.
Washington is being held on a $3,000,000 cash-only bail, according to court records. His jury trial is scheduled to begin on Oct. 14.
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