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Jonathan William Hultquist

Hate crime shooter in Aurora gets 16 years in prison

A bigoted Aurora man who shot his gender-fluid neighbor has been sentenced to 16 years in prison.

Jonathan William Hultquist

Jonathan William Hultquist


A jury convicted Jonathan William Hultquist, 41, on Sept. 5 of attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault and a bias-motivated crime for shooting and seriously injuring his 54-year-old neighbor.

On Monday, Arapahoe County District Court Judge Ben Leutwyler sentenced Hultquist to 16 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections.

“I am convinced there is bias involved in this,” Leutwyler told Hultquist as he prepared to impose the sentence. “You went in and retrieved a gun, then you came back out. You could have just stayed inside. But you escalated things.”

“Hatred of a person based on their identity will never provide a justification for such outrageous, violent and potentially lethal behavior. This bigoted conduct is criminal, beneath the standards of our community, and it will not be tolerated by my office,” said District Attorney George Brauchler. “Where there is fear, there is no freedom. All are protected by our laws. This is why we build prisons.”

On July 7, 2018, neighbors in the town home complex at East Ford Circle at East Tennessee Avenue were having a block party.

Hultquist was driving too fast and squealed his tires as he drove up and parked in his spot. Some of the neighbors confronted him and admonished him to be more careful with children nearby. Hultquist appeared to become angry and went into his house.

He came back out, ostensibly to apologize. But he saw the gender-fluid neighbor and began hurling insults. Witnesses described Hultquist baiting, antagonizing and taunting the neighbor. At the time the neighbor was using a male name and was wearing a long wig, a dress and high heels.

The hosts of the party put down the garage door with the neighbor inside, trying to separate the two. The neighbor called 911 to report an attack.

The neighbor left the garage to go home, carrying a box cutter.

Hultquist was still outside, yelling. When he saw the neighbor, he ran into his house and came back out with a handgun. Hultquist and the neighbor moved out into the street. Hultquist was about 20 feet away when he fired one shot at the neighbor, who fell to the ground in the middle of the street.

Arriving Aurora police officers were feet away from the neighbor when Hultquist fired the shot. They rushed to render first aid.

The neighbor was shot in the midsection, and the bullet lodged in the spine. The neighbor lost a kidney and part of the colon and intestines. Several vertebra had to be fused, and there is permanent nerve damage.

“It’s not right that people go around shooting other people because they don’t like them or disagree with them,” the neighbor told the judge during sentencing.

“This victim was not threatening anyone that night,” Senior Deputy District Attorney Garrik Storgaard told the judge. Hultquist “chose the victim because he did not like who the victim is. His words and actions reveal his bigotry and complete intolerance.”

He added: “Instilling fear in people because of their beliefs must be condemned. His actions deserve a harsh sentence.”

Storgaard tried the case with Deputy District Attorney Dan Martin.

“This was an unreasonable shooting that could have easily resulted in the death of this victim.” Martin said. “These actions were in no way justified and the jury spoke loud and clear what they think of these behaviors.”

Hate crime shooter in Aurora gets 16 years in prison was last modified: November 7th, 2019 by Eric Ross
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Man gets 3 years for bias-motivated attack

A man who physically attacked a couple because they are gay has been sentenced to three years in prison.

Long Ngoc Hoang

Arapahoe County District Judge Ben Leutwyler on Monday (Oct. 23) sentenced Long Ngoc Hoang, 29, to three years in the Department of Corrections. Hoang pleaded guilty Aug. 11 to one count of bias-motivated crime causing bodily injury. His plea did not include a stipulated sentence.

The crime occurred June 5, 2016, when Hoang instigated the beating of victim Nick Shores and his boyfriend at the swimming pool of an Arapahoe County apartment complex.

Shores has been outspoken about being victimized and agreed for his identity to be made public. He has been supported during the criminal justice process by his family and the Matthew Shepard Foundation.

“Please take into account the gross violence of this situation. The attack was only because I am gay, and there are many other gay people out there,” Shores told the judge in urging a prison sentence. “This gives us the opportunity to set a precedent for others in our community that violence against gays will not be tolerated.”

Shores and witnesses told Arapahoe County Sheriff’s deputies that Hoang instigated the unprovoked attack, calling out “What are you looking at, faggot?” when Shores and his boyfriend walked into the swimming pool area together.

Hoang attacked the two men, punching Shores in the head. Shores described being choked from behind by another suspect before Shores fell to the ground and became unconscious as his head was pounded into the concrete. Shores’ boyfriend tried to defend him and also was injured.

Hoang was heard to utter, “I am going to get my gun and kill these fools” as he left the pool area.

Shores and his boyfriend used the opportunity to get away.

Witnesses told deputies Hoang returned with a baseball bat. Bystanders closed the gate to keep him out of the pool area as he banged the bat on the fence. Hoang continued to yell homosexual slurs at Shores and his boyfriend.

Deputy District Attorney Robin Jackson asked the judge for a prison sentence.

“It’s important that the court send the message that this sort of violence, this sort of behavior, won’t be tolerated,” she said.

Judge Leutwyler agreed.

“You violently attacked a young man who had done absolutely nothing,” he told Hoang prior to imposing the three-year sentence. “The way you beat Mr. Shores is unfathomable. I cannot understand that conduct. … You had the opportunity to stop, but you went and retrieved another weapon.

“You have certainly wronged my community, your community and everyone else’s.”

District Attorney George Brauchler was pleased at the outcome and praised the victim.

“What’s remarkable about this case is the strength of the victim. In some cases like this, victims don’t report, and if they don’t for whatever reason, we don’t have the opportunity to prosecute,” Brauchler said. “Our laws, this prosecution, and the sentence to prison are strong indicators that Colorado is committed to relegating this kind of bigoted violence to the dustbin of history.”

Man gets 3 years for bias-motivated attack was last modified: October 24th, 2017 by Eric Ross
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