GOLDEN, Colo. (Sep.17, 2024) – District Attorney Alexis King announced today that Brent John Metz has been charged with Second Degree Assault, Menacing, and Illegal Discharge of a Firearm for menacing a fifteen-year-old and seriously injuring a seventeen-year-old last week.
On Sep. 10, 2024, Jefferson County Sheriff Deputies were dispatched to a home on Pleasant Park Road in Conifer after a homeowner called to report two trespassers on her property. When Deputies arrived, they observed a seventeen-year-old who was bleeding heavily from the face and an apparent bullet hole in the windshield of the vehicle the teens were driving.
The victims later reported to police they went to the property to ask the homeowner if they could take homecoming pictures near the lake on the property. When no one answered the door, they returned to their car, which was parked off the property, and began writing a note to ask the homeowner for their permission. A note was later located by investigators.
As they were writing the note, Metz drove up on the passenger side of the victim’s vehicle, parking it at an angle that blocked the vehicle. Metz got out with a gun and a shot went off, through the windshield of the vehicle, striking the seventeen-year-old driver in the face. The victims reported to police that after the shot, Metz exclaimed, “oh shit, my gun went off” and that Metz then attempted to render aid.
Based on the information available at this time, there is no evidence to support that Metz acted with extreme indifference.
Official charges:
COUNT 1: ASSAULT IN THE SECOND DEGREE, C.R.S. 18-3-203(1)(d)(F4)(Crime of Violence)
COUNT 2: MENACING, C.R.S. 18-3-206 (F5) (Seventeen-year-old)
COUNT 3: MENACING, C.R.S. 18-3-206 (F5) (Fifteen-year-old)
COUNT 4: ILLEGAL DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM, C.R.S. 18-12-107.5 (F5)
Next hearing: Prelim 10-10-2024 @ 1:00PM
The charges are merely legal allegations, and Mr. Metz is presumed innocent of the charges against him unless and until he is proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
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