Montana resident receives sentence for firing gun at three individuals in Safeway parking area

A Montana man, Aaron Elias Lambertus, was sentenced for an incident in which he shot at three people in a Safeway parking lot in Loveland, Colorado in August 2023. Lambertus, along with his co-defendant, Ayla Osterloth, was arrested in Bozeman following the incident. Osterloth was sentenced earlier to four years in the Youth Offender System. Lambertus was sentenced to 20 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections for attempted first degree murder. Prosecutors stated that Lambertus targeted victims he believed were not contributing members of society. The judge at the sentencing, Sarah Cure, expressed that there was no sense to the case and condemned the act of firing guns at humans in the community. The incident left one victim injured, with Lambertus shooting from an SUV before fleeing the scene. Overall, Lambertus’ sentencing serves as a reminder of the consequences of senseless violence in communities.

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