Police have arrested one particular person in reference to a taking pictures that killed one man and wounded a girl Friday afternoon at Enterprise Hire-A-Automobile on Broadway, and police shut down a stretch of Broadway at Speer Boulevard for about six hours.
ALERT:#Denver officers are investigating a taking pictures within the 300 block of N Broadway. fifth an Broadway is closed presently. Alternate routes suggested. Updates shall be posted as they grow to be out there. pic.twitter.com/UoAFamJjTN
— Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) May 6, 2022
The incident unfolded Friday afternoon within the 300 block of Broadway, just some blocks from the scene of a December 2021 taking pictures that took the lives of a number of distinguished figures in Denver’s tattoo neighborhood.
Each victims on Friday had been taken to a hospital, the place the person was pronounced lifeless, police stated. The lady was in important situation. They had been shot in a car parking zone.
Denver Police Division Chief Joe Montoya stated {that a} witness identified the suspect to officers, who took the suspect into custody. Police are in search of a second particular person, a girl, in connection to the taking pictures. She left the scene in a silver Chrysler 200, a automobile that has harm to the left entrance panel, Montoya stated. The automobile’s Colorado license plate is ALO-I76. Police consider they’ve the weapon used within the taking pictures.
“Gun violence is up,” Montoya stated at a information convention close to the scene. “It’s actually a tragic time proper now. There’s a lot violence happening.”
Police proceed to interview witnesses and search surveillance video clips from the world. The stretch of Broadway that was shut down reopened about 7 p.m.
Anybody with data on the taking pictures, or the whereabouts of the second particular person, is requested to contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867 (STOP).