Police: Man Shot Assisted Living Worker to Stop ‘Thievery’

Police: Man Shot Assisted Living Worker to Stop ‘Thievery’
This booking provided by the Boulder County Sheriff's Office shows Okey Payne, 95, who police accused of shooting and killing a maintenance worker at his assisted living center, on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. Boulder County Sheriff's Office via AP
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DENVER—A 95-year-old Colorado man accused of shooting and killing a maintenance worker at his assisted living center told police he was tired of staffers stealing money from him and decided to shoot the man to make the thefts stop, according to a court document released Thursday.

Okey Payne was arrested Wednesday in his room at Legacy Assisted Living in Lafayette, 22 miles north of Denver. Investigators say he shot Ricardo Medina-Rojas after confronting him about $200 that he said was missing from his wallet.