GOLDEN, Colo. (Aug. 13, 2024) – Andre Deshawn Jones was found guilty by a Jefferson County jury today of the attempted murder of Wheat Ridge Police Officer Allan Fischer in April 2022. Ofc. Fischer was responding to a report of a U-Haul truck that had crashed into a fence when he was attacked by Jones and stabbed in the neck, chest and back.
After a six-day trial, the jury deliberated for just under four hours before reaching their verdicts. Jones was convicted of Criminal Attempt to Commit Murder in the Second Degree, Assault in the First Degree- Threaten a Peace Officer with a Deadly Weapon, Assault in the First Degree- Intentionally Cause Serious Bodily Injury with a Deadly Weapon, Aggravated Motor Vehicle Theft in the First Degree, and Resisting Arrest
Jones will be sentenced on October 10, 2024, at 8:30 A.M.