The Denver Gazette

1 dead in shooting on Colfax in east Denver

By Noah Festenstein,

7 hours ago

Denver police have launched an investigation of the shooting death of a man on East Colfax Avenue early Sunday morning.

Police reported the shooting on social media platform X around 2 a.m. Sunday.

The shooting happened near Colfax Avenue and Josephine Street, just east of downtown, according to police. The intersection is blocks away from East High School and City Park.

In its X posting, police said they responded to a call of shots fired and pronounced the man dead on-scene.

Authorities are investigating the shooting as a homicide, police said.

In its posting on X, police didn't specify any suspect or provide further victim information.

The Denver Gazette has reached out to police for updates.

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news guy

2h ago

Some guy who goes by Rex Manning on here was just telling a bunch of us how much of a utopia East Colfax has become and how ludicrous it was to even suggest the area is crime ridden.

Jay Evans

2h ago

happens over there all the time this ain't nothing new

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