Former soldier found guilty in two murders

COLORADO SPRINGS» Jurors found a Colorado Springs man guilty of two murder charges on Tuesday and began hearing testimony on whether the former Fort Carson soldier should be sentenced to death or life in prison for killing his former girlfriend and an acquaintance.

Glen Galloway was found guilty of firstdegree murder in the death of Janice Nam and seconddegree murder in the death of Marcus Anderson. The firstdegree murder conviction makes Galloway eligible for the death penalty under Colorado law.

The sentencing phase, which got underway Tuesday, could last for weeks, The Gazette of Colorado Springs report ed .

Prosecutors decided in February to seek the death penalty against Galloway for the May 2016 fatal shootings, the first time El Paso County has sought a death sentence in a decade. They argued that Galloway killed Anderson then drove Anderson’s truck to Nam’s house, where he broke in and killed her.

Prosecutors said Galloway killed Nam in retaliation for her testimony that he stalked her and violated a restraining order she filed against him. He was convicted in October 2015, but he failed to appear for sentencing in January 2016.

In two applications for restraining orders in 2014, Nam wrote that she feared Galloway wouldn’t stop coming after her until he killed her.