A jury has convicted a man accused of threatening a Burger King employee who refused drugs as payment, prosecutors in Colorado say.
Eugene Robertson, 40, was found guilty on multiple counts, including eight counts of attempted murder and two counts of reckless endangerment, in connection with “a crime spree in 2022,” the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office said in an April 18 news release.
“I cannot imagine how traumatized these victims were not knowing if the defendant would pull the trigger while pointing a gun at them,” District Attorney John Kellner said in the news release.
Robertson ordered food from an Aurora Burger King around 11 p.m. on Oct. 17, 2022, but when he stopped at the drive-thru window, he tried to “pay for his meal with drugs,” prosecutors said.
The worker refused payment and “Robertson pulled out a handgun and pointed it at the worker before driving away,” prosecutors said.
Afterward, prosecutors said an employee at a 7-Eleven across the street called 911 after a man, later identified as Robertson, “pointed a gun at his head.”
When Robertson saw a TV screen showing surveillance video, prosecutors said “he recorded the screen” before leaving the store.
In the 7-Eleven parking lot, prosecutors said witnesses reported seeing a man, also identified as Robertson, shooting at a man and his girlfriend, who were not injured.
Another 911 call came into Aurora police “shortly after midnight,” prosecutors said.
“The woman told a dispatcher that a friend she knew as ‘Eugene’ knocked on her door and when she refused to open the door, he fired shots,” prosecutors said.
The woman and others in the apartment were unharmed, prosecutors said.
As officers searched the apartment complex after the shooting, prosecutors said they saw Robertson, who “ran behind some bushes and hid before being taken into custody.”
“This defendant endangered countless lives that night by recklessly firing a gun,” Senior Deputy District Attorney Taylor McCreary said in the news release. “It’s a miracle no one was seriously injured or killed.”
Robertson, who is expected to appear in court for sentencing on August 9, could potentially face “more than 400 years in prison,” prosecutors said.
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