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Crime Watch: multiple shootings now considered homicides by Denver police

2 dead following separate shootings, 3 more injured.

Three separate shootings have left two dead and multiple injured in Denver over the past three days.

The first shooting occurred on Sunday at approximately 2:30 a.m. when police responded to a shooting incident in the area of 22nd and Arapahoe streets, according to a press release by the Denver Police Department.

Officers found a man when they arrived who was quickly pronounced deceased from gunshot wounds. The incident is now being considered a homicide and anyone with information is asked to call Metro Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867.

The second shooting happened on Sunday around 6:09 p.m. in the 4000 block of Lipan Street, according to a social media post by the DPD.

Officers responded to a shooting incident in the area and found three victims injured. All three were sent to a nearby hospital, according to the post.

No new information has been released at this time. Officers are still investigating the incident.

The only information police would provide was “the 3 victims, all adult males, are expected to survive,” according to a spokesperson via email.

The third shooting occurred in the area of 51st and Logan Street around 11:53 p.m. Monday, according to a social media post by the DPD.

One victim was found and transported to a nearby hospital with severe injuries. The victim was later pronounced deceased in a follow-up post at 8:31 a.m. Tuesday.

The incident is now being investigated as a homicide and police ask anyone with information to call Metro Crime Stoppers.

From Adams County Sheriff’s Office 

Investigators are asking for the public’s help in locating a suspected shooter after an incident on Aug. 19 near Dakin Street and Hilltop Circle left “one victim seriously wounded.” That area is northeast of Highway 36 and Pecos Street.

The suspect is believed to have driven a red 2014 Chevy Cruze with Colorado license plates BIJ-C56.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers or the sheriff’s office at 720-322-1313.

FILE PHOTO (bjdlzx/iStock)
FILE PHOTO (bjdlzx/iStock)
Adams County Sheriff's Office investigators are looking a red Chevy Cruze with Colorado plates BIJ-C56 in connection with a shooting incident on Aug. 19 near Dakin Street and Hilltop Circle that left
Adams County Sheriff’s Office investigators are looking a red Chevy Cruze with Colorado plates BIJ-C56 in connection with a shooting incident on Aug. 19 near Dakin Street and Hilltop Circle that left “one victim seriously wounded.” That area is northeast of Highway 36 and Pecos Street. (Courtesy of Adams County Sheriff’s Office)


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