A woman was sentenced to 22 years in prison Monday for her role in an Aurora home invasion that led to the shooting death of a teenage girl.
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A jury found April Collingwood, 46, guilty in July of nine felonies, including first-degree burglary, conspiracy to commit first-degree burglary, two counts of attempted aggravated robbery, two counts of conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery, two counts of solicitation to commit aggravated robbery, and menacing with a weapon. Two violent crime sentence enhancers were also proven.
Denver North High School student Audrina Fedelina Arrington, 16, was shot and killed on Jan. 7, 2025, after two men broke into her family’s apartment in the 10600 block of East Jewell Avenue.
Investigators said there was a fight between the men and the apartment residents during which at least five shots were fired.
Arrington was hit by at least one of those bullets in her jaw and later died from her injuries at the hospital, according to an arrest affidavit.
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Collington and the two men, Cooper Miller and David Gunion, were arrested in the week after the shooting. Each initially faced second-degree murder charges, but prosecutors dismissed those charges in May 2025 because of a lack of evidence.
Miller, 37, pleaded guilty to second-degree burglary in a March deal that dismissed eight other felonies, and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Gunion, 53, pleaded guilty to first-degree burglary in a July deal that dismissed seven other felonies, court records show. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
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