Police: Teen set fatal Colorado house fire after phone theft

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Published November 12, 2021 1:49 PM

By COLLEEN SLEVIN
Associated Press

DENVER (AP) — A detective says one of three teens accused of setting a house fire in Denver that killed five immigrants from Senegal last year admitted to starting the fire and targeting the house because he believed the people who stole his cell phone in a recent robbery lived there. His testimony came Friday during a hearing on the evidence in the case. The detective said Kevin Bui admitted to planning and setting the fire, only to realize through news coverage that the people killed weren’t the ones who robbed him. Another investigator said Bui also said he didn’t intend for anyone to die.

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