AURORA | A 44-year-old man who livestreamed himself as he drove more than 160 miles per hour along the E-470 tollway on the border of Denver and Aurora three years ago has been found guilty of using his car to strike and kill another motorist.
An Adams County jury last week returned guilty verdicts against Bryan Kirby on a trio of felony charges: vehicular homicide, reckless manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident causing death, according to the 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office.
A spokesperson for the DA’s office said Kirby was livestreaming to his Facebook account while driving on E-470 on Oct. 13, 2018, at one point accelerating to 167 miles per hour.
Near the intersection with East 64th Avenue in far northeast Aurora, Kirby crossed the center line and struck another motorist from behind while traveling at about 120 miles per hour.
“A loud crunching noise could be heard in the livestream as the phone appeared to tumble around the interior of the vehicle, and the video abruptly stopped,” Chris Hopper, spokesperson for the 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, wrote in a news release. “Following the crash, Kirby fled the area.”
The person whose car was struck, 67-year-old Robert Hamilton, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Hopper.
Kirby is currently detained at the Adams County Jail as he awaits his sentencing in September, records show. He was first booked into the jail about a month after the crash on Nov. 21, 2018.
Kirby was previously a resident of Aurora, Hopper said.
District Attorney Brian Mason praised the jury’s decision to convict, which was handed down following a four-day trial.
“The incredibly reckless actions of this defendant caused the death of an innocent victim,” Mason said in a statement. “He not only acted in a manner that ultimately caused someone’s death, he livestreamed it on social media for the world to see. This death was preventable. Recklessly driving at an outrageous speed and livestreaming at the same time is not acceptable in this community. I appreciate the jury returning a guilty verdict in this horrific case.”
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