Denver police are searching for an “armed and dangerous” man wanted that left one person dead and another critically wounded.
Najib Abdinasir Mahamoud is suspected of first-degree murder in the shooting at the Spyglass Hill Apartments on the 7100 block of East Mississippi Avenue.
The shooting happened about 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Mahamoud is described as a black man, 6-feet 3-inches tall and weighing 165 pounds.
Police say the man killed in the shooting, whose identity has not been released, was pronounced dead at a hospital. Authorities have not identified the man wounded.
Anyone with information on Mahamoud, or who sees him, is asked to call 911.
Investigators have not said what motivated the shooting.
Elizabeth Hernandez: 303-954-1223, ehernandez@denverpost.com or twitter.com/ehernandez
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