Woman shot in bus terminal under Denver’s Union Station dies

A -year-old man could spend the rest of his life in prison after the woman shot in a bus terminal near Union Station last week died from her injuries Jakiem Whitham faces seven felony charges in the death of -year-old Ileana Hernandez including first-degree murder after deliberation first-degree murder with extreme indifference attempted first-degree murder after deliberation attempted first-degree murder with extreme indifference second-degree assault with a deadly weapon menacing with a weapon and using a prohibited large-capacity magazine according to court records Hernandez was shot in the neck while riding an escalator descending into the Regional Transportation District s Chestnut Pavilion bus terminal underneath Union Station on April according to court documents The bus terminal is part of RTD s Union Station Transit Center Investigators explained Whitham was fighting with another man over a gun on the stairs when it fired hitting Hernandez Whitham also faces two violent crime sentence enhancers The -year-old was out on a cash or surety bond in a separate Arapahoe County assault event when the shooting happened In that situation he faces another felony charges including first-degree assault causing serious bodily injury with a deadly weapon four counts of second-degree assault two counts of robbery two counts of menacing with a weapon and one count of using a prohibited large ceiling magazine court records show Three violent crime sentence enhancers were added to that matter Related Articles charged with murder in body discovered burning under Larimer County bridge Colorado police shot someone every days in information shows shooters shots Man sentenced to years in prison in deadly Five Points shootout Ma Kaing killed in East Colfax shooting remembered as champion of the American dream Second rock-thrower in fatal Colorado spree sentenced to years in prison Whitham posted bail in the Arapahoe County scenario on March exactly one month before the April shooting at Union Station In the newest shooting Whitham was being held on a bond at the Denver Downtown Detention Center His opportunity to post bond was revoked on Tuesday after Hernandez died upping his charges to include first-degree murder He is next scheduled to appear in court on Monday for a status conference Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day