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1 killed, 4 injured in 4 separate overnight shootings, Denver police say

1 shooting reported Saturday night, 3 reported Sunday morning, Denver police say

Lauren Penington of Denver Post portrait in Denver on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)DENVER, CO - OCTOBER 10: Denver Post reporter Katie Langford. (Photo By Patrick Traylor/The Denver Post)
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Denver police are investigating four shootings that left one person dead and injured four others in the city on Saturday night and Sunday morning, according to the department.

The first shooting happened Saturday night in the 4700 block of Airport Way, according to a . One person was injured and taken to the hospital, and a 36-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of first-degree assault, .

Two more people were shot early Sunday morning in the 300 block of Santa Fe Drive and took themselves to the hospital, .

Police near East Colfax Avenue and Dahlia Street just after 5 a.m. Sunday. One person was injured and later died, .

That shooting is now being investigated as a homicide, police said.

The identified the victim as 25-year-old Elijah Barr and ruled that his death from gunshot wounds was a homicide.

A fifth person was injured Sunday morning in a shooting in the 1300 block of North Speer Boulevard, according to a .

Additional information about the shootings was not available on Sunday, including the events leading up to each. Updates on the victims’ conditions were not immediately available.

Updated 1:40 p.m. June 12, 2026: This story was updated to add the name of the person who was killed in the shooting. 

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