Police on Tuesday identified a woman who was shot dead over the weekend and investigators asked for the public’s help in the ongoing investigation.
The shooting happened at about 11:39 p.m. on Friday in the 1300 block of Xenia Street, police said.
The victim, 47-year-old Ma Kaing, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said on Tuesday. Kaing was among four people shot overnight Friday in the city.
Kaing lived at the , with her husband and four children, for more than 15 years, according to Hope Communities, a nonprofit that operates affordable housing in Denver, including Hidden Brook.
Hidden Brook, online, described Kaing as a devoted mother and wife, a small business owner, gardener, community leader and board member of the East Colfax Neighborhood Association.
Kaing was a tireless advocate for her community, known to “go out of her way to be a resource for refugees from her home country of Burma as they worked to become part of the fabric of the U.S., just as she and her husband had done,” .
Kaing “was shot and killed by random gunfire from an automatic weapon across the street from her home,” . “She was senselessly shot while participating in a very normal activity — unloading groceries with her children.”
The GFM page describes her shooting death as “one more act of violence in the East Colfax community.”
“We cannot erase the pain this terrible tragedy has caused, but we can help to alleviate some distress by raising funds to pay for a memorial and immediate living expenses for the family,” said the GFM page, organized by Sharon Knight. “Please help as you can.”
The page, which will help with funeral and memorial expenses, has a goal of raising $20,000. On Tuesday evening it had raised just over $3,700.
Anyone with information on the shooting, or on a suspect, is asked to call Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867.
