One dead in overnight Denver shooting on Colfax Avenue, police investigating

Denver police are investigating after a man was shot and killed in the city’s East Colfax neighborhood Wednesday night.

Denver officers were on the scene of the shooting — near the intersection of East Colfax Avenue and Spruce Street — at 8:21 p.m. Wednesday, according to a statement from the city’s police department.

Paramedics transported one person — only identified as an adult male by police — to a local hospital, where he later died from his injuries, according to a 9 p.m. update. The Denver Office of the Medical Examiner will release the victim’s identity and official cause of death at a later time.

The investigation is ongoing and no arrests have been made, according to police.

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Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867.

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