DENVER — A man convicted Monday in an armed robbery and a fatal shooting at a Greeley gas station in 2021 will spend the rest of his life in prison.
Kyle Moore, who was 28 at the time, was a suspect in the Dec. 14, 2021 armed robbery and shooting at a Cosmic Market gas station that killed 51-year-old Victor Martinez.
He was found guilty on all counts earlier in the day in connection with the crime, which included including first- and second-degree murder, several different counts of aggravated robbery, assault, and vehicle theft.
Moore also pleaded guilty to possession of a previous offender after the jury was removed from the courtroom. He was sentenced to the Colorado Department of Corrections later Monday.
Besides the mandatory sentence to life in prison for first-degree murder, Moore was also sentenced to 64 years for the other charges, which will run both consecutively and concurrently.
“You committed the ultimate crime of taking another person’s life,” Judge Kopcow said during Monday’s sentencing hearing. “Someone who did nothing to you.”
Moore also has three other cases pending — two alluding cases and motor vehicle theft case. The judge decided to resolve those while he serves his time at the CDOC.
“This was senseless,” Deputy District Attorney Timothy McCormack said. “This defendant has shown a complete disregard for human life. It’s heartbreaking that the victim’s family now must live with a life sentence of grief and loss. Mr. Martinez was simply doing his job – trying to earn a living – when his life was cruelly taken from him.”
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