DENVER POLICE DEPARTMENT

Gerald R. Whitman, Chief of Police

The mission of the Denver Police Department is to deliver high quality public
safety services so all people may share a safe and healthy environment.

PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release

Date:         July 13, 2010
To:            All Denver Police Officers, Media, Denver City Council, and Denver
Community Associations.
Contact:   Sonny Jackson
Address:  Office of the Chief
                  1331 Cherokee St., Denver, CO 80204
Phone:     720-913-6534
Fax:           720-913-7021

On July 12, 2010, at approximately 10:00 p.m. Denver Police received a call regarding a
shooting at 1824 E. 36th Avenue. When officers arrived, they found a male victim
suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg. The other victim was a female in her early
twenties. Paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene. 

This crime is being investigated as a homicide. Through the investigation, detectives have
learned the victims were in front of the residence when two or more males approached
them. The males began shooting at the victims. The male victim fled on foot and called
police. He returned to the scene and was transported to the hospital. The female victim’s
identity is pending positive identification by the Office of the Medical Examiner and
notification of her next of kin.     

If you have any information regarding this homicide and shooting, please contact the
Denver Police Department at 720-913-2000 or call Crime Stoppers at 720-913-STOP
(7867). You can text CRIMES (274637) then title DMCS and enter your message or send
an e-mail to metro-denvercrimestoppers.com. If the information you provide leads to the
arrest and charging of a wanted individual, you can receive a cash award up to $2,000.

Sonny Jackson