Overview
- An Adams County jury, which delivered its verdict Monday, found Sayers guilty of second-degree murder, tampering with evidence, and attempted tampering.
- Watson, 28, was shot at his five-year-old son's birthday party at Pioneer Park in Commerce City on August 12, 2024.
- Jurors acquitted Sayers of first-degree murder, removing the mandatory life sentence, and Judge Jeffrey Ruff set sentencing for July 24.
- Prosecutors argued Sayers believed Watson was connected to the 2023 shooting that killed his son, and reporting says Sayers had just left an anti-violence rally he helped lead.
- Watson's girlfriend said the conviction brought relief after months of grief and confusion, and she urged people to step back from retaliatory violence.