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Denver homicides fell slightly in 2022, but non-fatal shootings rose — and more teens are being killed

Killings in the Mile High City still remain at higher levels than before the COVID-19 pandemic

Casandra Watkins’ son Kanajai Burton was shot and killed near the intersection of Colfax Avenue and Ogden Street in Denver on Jan 29, 2022. Burton was a new dad and was on Colfax helping a friend when an 18-year-old shot and killed both him and his friend. Watkins, pictured on Jan. 19, 2023, is now raising his son, Sekani. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
Casandra Watkins’ son Kanajai Burton was shot and killed near the intersection of East Colfax Avenue and North Ogden Street in Denver on Jan 29, 2022. Burton was a new dad and was on Colfax helping a friend when an 18-year-old shot and killed both him and his friend. Watkins, pictured on Jan. 19, 2023, is now raising his son, Sekani. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - NOVEMBER 8: Elise Schmelzer - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
By | eschmelzer@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Although the number of people killed in homicides in 2022 is a decrease from the near-record highs recorded in 2020 and 2021, it is still significantly higher than the number of killings in the 2010s.
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