Man Sentenced for Shooting National Park Ranger in Colorado

Man Sentenced for Shooting National Park Ranger in Colorado
Daron Marquel Ellis. Douglas County
The Associated Press
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DENVER—A Colorado man has been sentenced to more than 23 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to shooting a ranger at Rocky Mountain National Park last year. The ranger was wearing a bulletproof vest and wasn’t seriously injured.

Daron Ellis, 29, of Aurora was sentenced Monday in federal court in Denver after pleading guilty to attempted murder of a federal officer and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, The Denver Post reported.