In the early morning hours of November 21, 2014, a dispute over a beer inside the Bronco Bar on East Montview Boulevard in Aurora, Colorado, escalated into a tragic and fatal encounter for 28-year-old Andres Cinto-Duran. What began as a verbal argument between two men, Bryant Montoya and Ignacio Luque-Verdugo, and another group of patrons quickly spiraled into a physical altercation that would claim one life and irrevocably change others.
During the chaotic brawl, Montoya stabbed Andres
Cinto-Duran multiple times in his shoulder and back. Almost simultaneously, Luque-Verdugo produced a firearm and discharged it repeatedly. Andres Cinto-Duran was struck by gunfire in his torso, leg, and arms. He was rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. The violence also befell his brother, Sergio Cinto-Duran, who was shot three times and left paralyzed as a result of his injuries. A third man in their group was shot in the leg but survived. After the shooting, Montoya and Luque-Verdugo fled the bar, assaulting another man outside before making their escape.
The investigation into the death of Andres Cinto-Duran led authorities to Ignacio Luque-Verdugo, who was apprehended on July 13, 2015. On April 14, 2017, he was convicted of first-degree murder for his role in the shooting and is currently serving a life sentence in the Department of Corrections. Bryant Montoya remained at large for several years until he was arrested in Arizona on August 22, 2017, on unrelated felony drug charges. DNA evidence from the scene at the Bronco Bar ultimately linked him to the 2014 altercation. On August 11, 2021, an Adams County jury found Montoya guilty of several charges, including attempted second-degree murder and second-degree assault. He was later sentenced to 32 years in prison for the attempted murder charge.
