A Colorado man will spend 36 years in prison for the murder of a Hebron, Neb., native in May 2016.

Matthew James Haley, 30, was convicted of 2nd Degree Murder for the fatal stabbing death of Jordan Gausman, 31, outside the Silver Dollar Saloon in Leadville, Colo.

Haley was sentenced Wednesday.

Gausman was a Hebron, Neb., native, and attended college in Hastings.

On May 2nd, 2016, Gausman and Haley were both patrons in the Silver Dollar Saloon and had been talking at the bar, when Haley became inexplicably agitated toward Gausman.

A discussion ensued about both men having served in the military. While Haley was paying for his beer, he pushed and struck Gausman on his chest and head and ‘invited’ him outside the bar. Gausman paid his tab shortly after, and he and a friend left the bar.

Haley attacked Gausman without warning moments later in front of the bar, punching him repeatedly in the face, knocking him to the ground, where he was then kicked. Gausman tried to stand up, when Haley held him, pulled a knife from a leg sheath, stabbing Gausman on his left side and causing a fatal injury. Haley fled the scene, and an intense manhunt began.

Gausman was taken to St. Vincent Hospital in Leadville, then eventually airlifted to St. Anthony’s Hospital, where he died shortly after his arrival. Haley turned himself in to the Conejos County Sheriff’s Office May 7, 2016.

Haley was also sentenced to four years in prison in a separate felony case in which he assisted another inmate in the Lake County Jail with their attempt to escape from the facility on January 12, 2017.

“This killing shocked and outraged our small Leadville community. We express our condolences to Jordan’s friends and family who will forever be saddened by his death and never forget the joy that he brought through his good nature,” said 5th Judicial District Attorney Bruce Brown.