EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (The Gazette) - El Paso County prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty against the alleged shooters in the gang-related killings of two Coronado High School students.
The 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office filed the required notices Friday in the first-degree murder cases against Diego Carlos Chacon, 20, and Marco Garcia-Bravo, 21, The Gazette has confirmed. They are accused of taking turns pulling the trigger in the March 2017 execution-style shootings of Derek Greer, 15, and Natalie Cano-Partida, 16.
Prosecutors are expected to discuss their plans during hearings Monday before District Judge Larry E. Schwartz.
The filings comes days after a jury threw out the death penalty against double-murderer Glen Law Galloway in El Paso County’s first capital case in a decade.
In the case of Galloway, 46, lead prosecutor Reggy Short said the office chose to pursue death because of Galloway’s long history of flouting the law. That included going into hiding after a stalking conviction only to fatally shoot the victim, his ex-girlfriend Janice Nam, and a second person, Marcus Anderson, on consecutive days in May 2016.
