13-year-old boy pleads guilty to manslaughter in Denver RTD bus shooting

A 13-year-old boy charged with fatally shooting a 60-year-old man on an RTD bus in January pleaded guilty to manslaughter and attempted first-degree murder, the Denver District Attorney’s Office said.

The boy, who has not been identified because he is a juvenile, was charged with first-degree murder after fatally shooting Richard Sanchez on the night of Jan. 27 on an RTD bus near South Federal Boulevard and West Mississippi Avenue.

The boy shot Sanchez after a two-minute encounter on the bus that began when the boy and two other juveniles boarded the bus and walked down the aisle past Sanchez, whose leg was extended into the aisle, according to an arrest affidavit.