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Donat Herr, a 67-year-old White man, was shot and killed while working at Empire Wine & Liquors on North Academy Boulevard in Colorado Springs on the evening of February 15, 2017. A robbery at the store was reported just before midnight; officers found Herr with a gunshot wound and he died after being taken to a hospital.

Investigators linked Herr’s killing to a larger crime spree. Several suspects were arrested: 19-year-old Dustin Logan and 18-year-old Phinehas Daniels were taken into custody on March 2, 2017, a juvenile was also detained but not publicly identified, and another teenager, Isaiah Trujillo, was later charged in Herr’s murder. Phinehas Daniels pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced in May of the following year. Isaiah Trujillo received a sentence of up to 28 years in the Department of Corrections with a condition that it could be suspended after seven years at the Department of Youth Services; a 13-year-old accomplice was sentenced to six and a half years in the Department of Youth Services. Four people were arrested in the robbery spree, with two facing charges directly tied to Herr’s death.

Does anyone have information about the robbery spree or the people involved that could add context to what happened that night?