More than three years after Michael Arnold and Donna Gallegos were gunned down in their Black Bridge Road home, trial of the man accused of killing them has begun.

Mark Burns, a former tenant of Arnold’s, is charged with first-degree murder in the February 2022 slayings in rural Paonia. Even though prosecutors said he was the masked man recorded on surveillance footage firing shots, Burns maintains it wasn’t him and that he is innocent.

More than three years after Michael Arnold and Donna Gallegos were gunned down in their Black Bridge Road home, trial of the man accused of killing them has begun.
Mark Burns, a former tenant of Arnold&rsquo;s, is charged with first-degree murder in the February 2022 slayings in rural Paonia. Even though prosecutors said he was the masked man recorded on surveillance footage firing shots, Burns maintains it wasn&rsquo;t him and that he is innocent.

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