Two men died in separate homicides — a stabbing and a shooting — overnight Friday in Denver, police announced Saturday.
Denver police investigators were on the scene of a fatal shooting in the 9800 block of East Girard Avenue just after 11 p.m. Friday, .
An adult man was found dead at the scene who was identified as Derrick Rogers in a Wednesday release from the Denver Office of the Medical Examiner. , the police department announced his death was being investigated as a homicide.
Just 10 miles north, Denver police were investigating a second homicide — a fatal stabbing in the 4900 block of North Ursula Street, . A second, unrelated adult man, who was identified as DeShaun Lockett in the same release, was pronounced dead at the scene and the police department announced his death was being investigated as a .
The two investigations are ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867 or .
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Updated at 5:57 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, 2024: This story was updated to include the identities of the men who were killed.
