Denver’s gang unit and other officers are looking for the shooter and his motives in a drive-by assault and subsequent police chase through northeast Denver late Wednesday night.
Investigators aren’t sure or aren’t yet saying what preceded the gunfire at the home on St. Paul Street near Martin Luther King Boulevard and Steele Street, which left one man wounded. In the subsequent chase of the stolen Jeep, four officers sustained minor injuries in a crash as they tried to stop the speeding SUV.
The alleged shooter got away on foot — possibly without shoes — after he crashed a stolen Jeep sport-utility vehicle in the 2600 block of York Street at about 10:45 p.m., police said.
Police officers and tracking dogs combed the neighborhood for four hours before giving up.
Denver Police Lt. Matt Murray said investigators were not releasing a lot of information and weren’t yet sure if the incident was gang-motivated.
Police have not released the name of the man at the home, who was wounded in the leg.
Arrests also have not been made in two fatal shootings in East Denver earlier this week.
Monday night, 21-year-old Katsina Lynnea Roybal was killed and another man was wounded in a shooting on a porch on East 36th Avenue near High Street.
Roybal pleaded guilty in January to taking part in the burning of Holly Square Shopping Center in 2008, which prosecutors said was retaliation for the killing of local Crip founder Michael Asberry a day earlier.
Sunday night, 17-year-old Montea Davis was shot and killed outside a liquor store at East 28th Avenue and Fairfax Street.
Police have not linked any of the shootings.
Four officers injured in the incident Wednesday night were treated at Denver Health Medical Center and released. One officer suffered a shoulder injury and the other officers suffered scrapes and bruises, said police spokesman Sonny Jackson.
The Jeep was stolen near East 11th Avenue and Fairfax Street, he said.
Anyone with information in any of the cases can call Denver Crime Stoppers at 720 913-7867.
Staff writer Kieran Nicholson contributed to this story.
Joey Bunch: 303-954-1954 or jbunch@denverpost.com.
