DENVER (KDVR) — A man has been sentenced to 220 years in prison after he climbed onto a firetruck and shot at Windsor officers last year.
The 8th Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday that a jury had found Damien Jackson guilty of 17 charges, including attempted first-degree murder, after an incident in January 2024.
According to prosecutors, on Jan. 4, 2024, the Windsor Severance Fire Rescue received a report of a fire alarm activation at the Americlnn Lodge and Suites in the town of Windsor.
Personnel were dispatched and, upon arrival, began to check the building where they received a report that there was a possible “man armed with a gun.” The district attorney’s office said officers with the Windsor Police Department were then dispatched to assist.
According to the district attorney’s office, when officers arrived, Jackson started to climb onto a firetruck in the area. Officers instructed Jackson to “get off” the firetruck, but Jackson then started shooting at them.
At that time, two people had been evacuated from a vehicle that was between Jackson and law enforcement. The district attorney’s office said after safely evacuating the two individuals, who had later been reported as uninjured, officers began to fire shots at Jackson.
Jackson had later dismounted from the firetruck, where officers ultimately arrested him. Law enforcement, during the arrest, found Jackson was wearing body armor along with two additional guns.
According to the district attorney’s office, an investigation later found that Jackson had pulled the fire alarm to draw law enforcement to his location and had live-streamed the incident.
“Not only did Mr. Jackson nearly take the lives of five members of our community, including three members of law enforcement, but he has also repeatedly taken zero accountability for his actions and would remain a significant risk to the community,” said District Attorney Gordon McLaughlin in a press release.
Jackson was found guilty of the following charges:
- Three counts of attempted first-degree murder – after deliberation
- Two counts of attempted first-degree Murder – extreme indifference
- Three counts of assault in the first-degree – threaten a peace officer with a weapon
- Five counts of menacing with a real or simulated weapon
- False reporting- fire/emergency/exit alarm
- Resisting arrest
- Obstructing a peace officer
- Reckless endangerment
The district attorney’s office said Tuesday that Jackson will serve the first five counts consecutively as “each represents an individual victim.”
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