Tag: Vargas
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Victim recovers after Wash Park shooting
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A 23-year-old man had just moved to a downtown Denver apartment when he took an Uber to Wash Park for a picnic with his friends. But before his friends arrived, Ben Varga was in an ambulance, on the way to Denver Health. Denver police said he was shot in the jaw by a stranger, who…
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Denver Police arrest 1 connected to stabbing homicide
Denver Police arrested a man for allegedly stabbing another man to death in Sanderson Gulch Park on Jan. 14. Joshua Vargas-Belmontes, 22, born Jan. 17, 2000, was arrested in the 1500 block of south Hazel Court after police interviewed witnesses and reviewed security camera footage. The arrest came 90 minutes after an initial 911 call,…