An Adams County judge sentenced a former U.S. Space Force technical sergeant to 54 years in prison in the shooting death of a teenager and the wounding of another youth he accused of setting off his car alarm.
Forensic testing determined Orest Schur, 29, fired 11 shots on July 5, 2023, according to prosecutors. Schur claimed self-defense. A jury convicted him of second-degree murder and second-degree attempted murder June 16.
"This was vigilante violence at its worst,” said District Attorney Brian Mason. The dead youth was 14. The other, 13, was driving.
Prosecutors provided this account:
"Suspecting someone was attempting to steal his Hyundai Elantra, Schur armed himself with a pistol and began driving around the block in the Elantra. While circling the neighborhood, he saw a vehicle he believed was involved in the attempted theft.
"Rather than calling police, Schur pursued the fleeing vehicle and fired multiple gunshots into its rear. Aurora Police officers later found the vehicle the victims had been driving crashed into the backyard fence of a home along East 58th Circle.
"The trunk, roof, and rear windshield were damaged by gunfire, and investigators determined that one bullet had passed through the driver’s seat and into the driver’s back. The two juvenile occupants fled the vehicle after the crash as Schur continued firing at them."
The Space Force man resided in the 19000-block of East 59th Place, court records show.
[Photo: Aurora Police Department]
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