Jury deliberating fate of Brent Metz in Jefferson County

Added: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]And we are following more breaking news now in Jefferson County. For days a jury listened to testimony and arguments in the trial of Brent Metz. He's a former councilman accused of shooting a teenager in the face. Your reporter Justin Adams joining us live now and Justin the jury is now deliberating after both sides delivered their closing arguments today.

[00:00:20]>> Yeah Kelly that actually just wrapped up about an hour and a half ago and now the fate of Brent Metz is in the hands of the jurors and Brent Metz is facing several felony charges including assault and menacing. During closing statement the closing arguments rather this morning both the defense and prosecution focused on Metz as he was getting out of his vehicle to confront the teens at his property. The prosecutor said Metz acted recklessly which led to the teen being shot in the face. Saying that Metz approached the teens with a loaded firearm and that was not an accident and that guns don't go off on their own.

[00:00:58]Metz attorneys argued that the gun malfunctioned and that it was unsafe and that Metz stepped out of his truck and that as Metz stepped out of his truck the gun went off without him pulling the trigger.

[00:01:10]>> How? Explain the physics of me how he gets out of his car, stumbles forward, the gun goes upwards and somehow catches on his shirt to shoot these kids? And if it did, if you if you were that reckless getting out of a car, you're still guilty.

[00:01:23]>> I don't like the fact that everybody outside of this courtroom knows that that P320 is a train wreck.

[00:01:31]Just just like what Mr. Wilkes told you. It's a train wreck waiting to happen and it happened to this man. It happened to those two boys as well. A train wreck based on a defective weapon.

[00:01:46]>> Once again the jury is deliberated as we speak and once we find out the verdict we'll let you know right here on CBS News Colorado. In Golden your reporter Justin Adams covering Colorado first.