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<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0b142056a2c27efca427923b956f16ac wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#160202;font-size:14px"><strong>Former MMA fighter turned anti-gun advocate Lumumba Sayers has been accused of shooting and killing a man at a Colorado pool party </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-af5c3e9107f58960d9e6521c1d3049a0 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#160202;font-size:14px"><strong>Sayers, 46, was arrested Saturday for the murder of Malcolm Watson, 28, during a children&#8217;s birthday party in Commerce City, Colorado </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6a192bd09eb0a730381c1cc949fa939f wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#160202;font-size:14px"><strong>Cops allege Sayers shot Malcolm Watson, in August 2023 in Denver, in retaliation for the killing of his son </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f2f4ffb6187dd2de4b7534ec7fdd92eb wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#160202;font-size:14px"><strong>Lumumba Sayers Jr, was shot and killed same month last year, also in Denver </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a5ef2576516bebc1a84f0124aa2bc8bc wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#160202;font-size:14px"><strong>Malcolm Watson&#8217;s sister has protested her brother&#8217;s innocence, claiming he had nothing to do with the death of Sayers Jr </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-00917dfa7a89ade7ee7eef34cc3aea84 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#160202;font-size:14px"><strong>Sayers, booked on first-degree murder and menacing, is currently being held on a $1 million bond at an Adams County jail</strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Ex-MMA fighter, turned anti-gun advocate Lumumba Sayers, [photo], was booked Saturday on first-degree murder and menacing in the death of Malcolm Watson, in Commerce City, Colorado last year August </strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Denver based former MMA fighter turned anti-gun advocate Lumumba Sayers, has been arrested after allegedly shooting and killing a man at a pool party in Colorado, a year ago. <br>Sayers, 46, was taken into custody on Saturday after police say he murdered 28-year-old Malcolm Watson during a children&#8217;s birthday party in Commerce City. <br>In the arrest affidavit, Sayers is accused of walking up to Watson and shooting him in the head. <br>Sayers son, Lumumba Sayers Jr, was shot and killed on August 19, 2023, in Denver, the arrest affidavit states.<br>Law enforcement sources believe Sayers shot Watson in retaliation for his son&#8217;s killing. <br>Witnesses <a href="https://www.9news.com/article/news/investigations/lumumba-sayers-arrested-shooting-birthday-party-commerce-city/73-d470d6fa-d651-4bd2-a123-220ea966abe8">allegedly told</a> police that Sayers may have thought Watson had been a friend of a man he believed to be somehow involved in the slaying of his son on a street in Denver that same month, last year.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Cops allege Sayers shot Malcolm Watson, [photo], last August in Denver in retaliation for the killing of his son Lumumba Sayers Jr, was shot and killed last August in Denver. However, Watson&#8217;s family claimed he had nothing to do with the death of Sayers&#8217; son</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Sayers was booked on first-degree murder and menacing. He is currently being held on a $1 million bond, in an Adams County jail. <br>A news outlet published an interview with Watson&#8217;s sister, who said the birthday party had been for the victim&#8217;s 5-year-old son. She protested her brother&#8217;s innocence, claiming he had nothing to do with the death of Sayers son. <br>She said: &#8216;How is it a revenge killing if my brother isn&#8217;t the one who had anything to do with it?.&#8217;<br>She described her brother as a man who wanted to be a great father and care for his family &#8211; a loving brother, adding that he was someone who wanted to be a great father, wanted to be around his family and make sure his sisters were all fine.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Lumumba Sayers [photo], heads for the cage before his bout with Derek Brunson at the Strikeforce event at Sears Center Arena on July 30, 2011 in Hoffman Estates, Illinois</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Watson&#8217;s alleged killer, Lumumba Sayers is well known in the community for his advocacy against youth violence. His gym &#8216;Heavy Hands Heavy Hearts&#8217; strives to provide a safe haven for local kids, keeping them off the streets. <br>According to a profile on him by News 9, Sayers opened the center a few years ago to after he saw kids teaching each other how to throw up gang signs. <br>Speaking to the outlet, Sayers said: &#8216;I think creating a safe space like this keeps them away from violence because their time isn’t idled. They have something to do.&#8217;</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Lumumba Sayers Jr, was shot and killed last August in Denver. The arrest affidavit suggest his dads was motivated by revenge, but the victim&#8217;s family claim he was not involved in the murder of Sayers Jr</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">He continued: &#8216;The reason I teach them self-love and self-appreciation is because, if you love yourself, no one can push you into doing something to destroy yourself.<br>&#8216;I want them to understand that they are loved and I want them to know that they love themselves. I want them to know that they have a place to turn to if they are ever in trouble.&#8217;</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>&#8216;It’s the community that I came from, that we’ve been trying to help, that we’ve been doing things for, that killed my baby&#8217; &#8211;</strong> <strong>Sayers, seen here with his late son Lumumba Sayers Jr [right], is known in the local community for his advocacy against youth violence. </strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://kdvr.com/news/local/lumumba-sayers-jr-shooting-denver-welton-st/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">KDVR</a> following the death of his son last year, Sayer described his son as being a beacon of light in the community. <br>He said: &#8216;He was my best friend. He was my everything. He was a great father, great big brother, everything you could ask for in a son.<br>&#8216;My son touched a lot of lives. He touched a lot of people. He was there for a lot of people. He brought a lot of people who needed help to me.<br>&#8216;It’s the community that I came from, that we’ve been trying to help, that we’ve been doing things for, that killed my baby.&#8217;<br>Following the shooting on Saturday, Watson&#8217;s sister also added: &#8216;How are you an activist, murdering innocent people.&#8217; <br>Sayers has a court appearance on August Thursday 15.<br></p>

Former MMA fighter turned anti-gun advocate, Lumumba Sayers, arrested for murder after ‘shooting a man’ he believes killed his son, at a Colorado pool party
