AURORA, Colo. — An Arapahoe County jury convicted a man this month on eight counts of attempted murder and numerous other charges related to a series of crimes in Aurora in 2022 – including threatening a Burger King employee.
Eugene Robertson, now 40, was found guilty April 8. He could face more than 400 years in prison when he is sentenced in August.
“This defendant endangered countless lives that night by recklessly firing a gun,” said Senior Deputy District Attorney Taylor McCreary. “It’s a miracle no one was seriously hurt or killed."
Around 11 p.m. Oct. 17, 2022, Robertson ordered food at a Burger King near South Buckley Road and East Alameda Avenue in Aurora. After pulling up to the drive-thru window, Robertson attempted to pay for his meal with drugs.
When the employee refused to accept the drugs as payment, Robertson pointed a gun at the employee and then drove away.
>The video above is a prior report about this case.
Not long after that, Aurora Police officers were dispatched to a shooting at a 7-Eleven gas station in the 500 block of South Airport Boulevard.
The store clerk said a man walked in and pointed a gun. When the man noticed a screen showing surveillance cameras in the store, he shot the screen and left. In the parking lot, witnesses said the man shot toward two people before leaving. No one was physically injured.
Based on witness statements, police determined that the same person, later identified as Robertson, was responsible for both incidents.
Shortly after midnight, Aurora Police received another 911 call from an apartment complex in the 18000 block of East Kentucky Avenue.
The woman reported that a friend she knew as “Eugene” was knocking on her door and when she refused to open the door, he fired shots. The victim was inside her apartment with multiple people, none of whom were injured.
Officers spotted Robertson at the complex as they conducted their investigation and took him into custody.
He was convicted on the following counts following a five-day trial:
- Eight counts of attempted murder
- Four counts of felony menacing
- Illegal discharge of a firearm
- Possession of a controlled substance
- Illegal discharge of a firearm
- Possession of a controlled substance
- Harassment
- Two counts of reckless endangerment
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