The brother of a man who went on a shooting spree at a Safeway warehouse was shot in the leg Monday night, but the incidents do not appear to be related, police said.
Sean Ford, 25, was injured about 9 p.m. and went to an Aurora hospital for treatment, said Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson. The leg wound is not life-threatening.
Ford called police about an hour later to report the shooting, Jackson said.
Jackson said that Ford has not given important details about the shooting, including the circumstances leading up to it, who shot him and where it happened, he said.
But family members said Sean Ford was standing in front of a friend’s house Monday night when a single driver in a car pulled up and sprayed Ford and several other friends with about a half dozen bullets. The family does not believe it was related to Sunday’s shooting spree by Sean’s brother, Michael J. Ford.
The brothers’ father, Khalid Muhammad, said the recent shootings were “a nightmare” for the family.
“I wanted to wake up,” Muhammad said.
Other family members initially feared that the shooting might have been in retaliation for Sunday’s shooting, but now they think it was not related.
“Now I believe it was just a coincidence,” said another brother, Bobby Ford.
Authorities intend to interview Sean Ford again, possibly today.
Michael Ford, 22, was shot to death Sunday after he went on a rampage at a Safeway warehouse, fatally shooting Mauricio DeHaro, 32, and wounding five others, including Denver SWAT officer Derick Dominguez.
Police were still investigating the motive behind Sunday’s shooting, Jackson said.
Staff writer Kirk Mitchell can be reached at 303-820-1206 or kmitchell@denverpost.com.
