After one day of deliberations, jurors found Sonny Almanza, 32, guilty of first-degree murder in the deadly shooting of an Arvada police officer last year.

Sonny Almanza was convicted last week of killing Dillon Vakoff in September 2022. He will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Sonny Almanza is accused of shooting and killing Arvada Police officer Dillon Vakoff when the officer tried to break up a family fight on Sept. 11, 2022. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...