A Black Lives Matter (BLM) activist who shot a disabled veteran in the head during a Colorado anti-police riot in 2020 has been released from prison after serving only roughly three years of his 11-year sentence. Court records show that James Edward Marshall IV, 33, of Alamosa, has been moved to a halfway house. He was sentenced to state prison in December 2021.
Marshall, an Alamosa defense attorney, was originally arrested on charges including criminal attempt to commit murder, assault, reckless endangerment, felony menacing, criminal mischief, illegal discharge of a firearm, and prohibited use of weapons. He was offered a sweetheart plea deal by George Soros-funded Alamosa District Attorney Alonzo Payne and pleaded guilty to one charge of tampering with a deceased body, according to court records. All of the violent charges were dropped.
On June 5, 2020, Marshall shot victim Danny Pruitt, a disabled veteran, while Pruitt was in his vehicle stopped at an intersection near a Black Lives Matter protest in Alamosa, Colorado. Marshall, who was armed with a 9mm Glock, fired a shot into the back of Pruitt’s truck, striking him in the head with a bullet. While Pruitt survived the shooting, he sustained critical injuries and was placed in a 17-day induced coma, the Conjeos County Citizen reported.
