(Golden, CO – July 6, 2020) Isiah Alexander Bennett, DOB: 3-21-96 appeared in court remotely on July 6, 2020 and was advised that he has been charged with First Degree Murder – After Deliberation and two violent crime counts in the shooting death of 26-year-old Raymond Jutting.
On June 27, 2020 Arvada police were called to 7846 Marshall Street on a report of a man having been shot. When they arrived they found Raymond Jutting lying on the ground in front of the house. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to the arrest affidavit, Jutting arrived at the house on Marshall Street and engaged in a verbal altercation with Bennett, who is his cousin. Bennett was inside the house and Jutting was outside in the yard. The argument escalated through an open window in the house and Bennett pulled out a gun and fired multiple shots at Jutting.
Bennett is due back in court for preliminary hearing on October 1, 2020. He is being held without bond in the Jefferson County jail.
The filing of a criminal charge is merely a formal accusation that an individual has committed a crime(s). A defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. See Colo. RPC 3.6
