The owner of a downtown Denver sushi bar has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a fatal shooting Thursday in his restaurant.
Yan De Yang, 40, owner of the Chopsticks & Sushi restaurant, 1630 Welton St., is being held at the Denver Jail, Denver Police said in a media release.
The shooting, just off Denver’s busy 16th Street Mall, happened at about 3:30 p.m. and caused a commotion downtown as police shut two blocks on Welton Street to investigate the homicide. Dozens of bystanders had crowded against yellow police tape to survey the scene.
Police said there are no other suspects in the fatal shooting.
After an autopsy, the victim, who was not a restaurant employee, was identified this evening as 29-year-old Lloyd Running Bear.
Police did not disclose a motive in the shooting.
This afternoon, the restaurant was closed to the public. People meeting inside the business came to the door but declined to comment on the incident.
Kieran Nicholson: 303-954-1822 or knicholson@denverpost.com
