Denver is grappling with the aftermath of a shooting incident that unfolded on an RTD bus on Tuesday afternoon. As reported by CBS News, the shooting occurred near the intersection of 15th and Tremont Place, leaving one individual injured from what is more than likely a graze caused by a gunshot, as per updates from the Denver Police Department.
Authorities are currently piecing together the events that led to the shooting, with the suspect having fled the scene quickly. The Denver Police assert efforts are ongoing to actively develop suspect information, according to Denver7. Both the victim and suspect are said to have gotten off the bus immediately after the incident before police could respond to the scene.
As detailed by FOX31, the incident happened on the 15L bus line, which runs a block southeast from where initial reports suggested. It was approximately 5 p.m. when the Regional Transportation District communicated that the injured party had self-transported to a local hospital, suffering from non-life-threatening injuries.
While the police have yet to make any arrests, they are busy working to ensure they can justly apprehend whoever perpetrated this act of violence. There have been no further reports of shots being fired in the area since the incident on the RTD bus. The Denver community, meanwhile, waits for justice to be served, their sense of safety hanging in the balance, these spaces of public transit becoming just one more node on the map of American uncertainty, a map drawn and quartered by the recurring specter of gun violence.
