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Denver police arrest suspect in Park Hill triple slaying

Other suspects may have been involved in “drug deal gone extremely bad”

Denver crime scene investigators work the scene of a fatal shooting near the intersection of E. 36th Ave and Hudson St. in Denver. According to Denver Police the shooting occurred Saturday evening. Upon arrival, two were found dead inside a home and a third died at a local hospital.
Andy Cross, Denver Post file
Denver crime scene investigators work the scene of a fatal shooting near the intersection of E. 36th Ave and Hudson St. in Denver. According to Denver Police the shooting occurred Saturday evening. Upon arrival, two were found dead inside a home and a third died at a local hospital.
Noelle Phillips of The Denver Post.
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Denver police have arrested a 32-year-old man in Tulsa, Okla., in connection with the triple homicide Friday night in Denver’s Park Hill neighborhood.

Chad Evans was arrested without incident at a home in Tulsa. He is being held for investigation of felony murder, attempted murder and robbery, according to a Denver Police Department news release.

Police were called to a shooting at about 8:15 p.m. Friday on the . Devonne Burton, 28, and Sean Point, 27, were found dead inside the home. A third man, 27-year-old Derrius Woods, was dropped off by a private party at Children’s Hospital in Aurora, where he later died. All three died of multiple gunshot wounds, the Denver medical examiner reported.

A fourth man suffered a gunshot wound in his arm.

Police called the shooting deaths the result of a “.” The investigation is ongoing because additional suspects may have been involved, the news release said.

Tulsa police played an integral role in the investigation and arrest, Denver police said.

Denver police have asked the media to not release pictures of Evans because it could jeopardize the investigation.

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