Five people died in separate shootings during “one of the ,” police officials said Sunday.
A man who was “critically wounded” in a double shooting in a 7-Eleven parking lot near 104th Avenue and U.S. 85 on Friday night died Saturday, police said in a post on X. The woman injured in the shooting is still in critical condition. The man was identified Aug. 15 by the Adams County Coroner’s Office as Luis Morales Jr., 25.
Officers identified a man driving the black Dodge pickup truck believed to be involved in the shooting and tried to contact him, but he fled from police. He was found dead as a result of suicide Sunday morning, He was identified by the coroner’s office on Aug. 15 as Malcolm Avery Watson, 28.
Another near 5950 Holly St., according to police officials. A man was found dead at the scene, and police detained a “person of interest” in the shooting.
The shooting was contained to the parking lot and did not “spill over” into the nearby Paradice Island Pool or park, officials said.
Police responded to another shooting overnight Saturday after gunfire-detection technology picked up
A vehicle tried to flee the scene and later crashed in Aurora, police said Sunday morning. A passenger with a gunshot wound was found dead, and a second person was later found dead in the yard of a home. The two found dead were identified by the Adams County Coroner’s Office on Aug. 16 as Jeremiah Izekiel Lozano, 14, and Juan Antonio Gamboa-Robles, 17. It’s not clear from the announcement which person was found in the car and which was found in the yard.
(both whom sustained non life-threatening injuries in the crash) were taken into custody.
— Commerce City Police Department (@CommerceCityPD)
The driver and another passenger were also injured and taken into custody, Commerce City police said. Their names have not been released.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
Updated 3:14 p.m. Oct. 3, 2024: This article was updated to include the identities of the two people who were killed in or after a shooting near the intersection of East 65th Avenue and Monaco Street and to include the identity of the person who died by suicide.
