Denver Police are asking the public for help identifying a suspect in a shooting that happened nearly three months ago, at 3:22 a.m. on June 7, at 10700 East Dartmouth Avenue. The department issued a public Crime Alert on Friday, offering tipsters anonymity and a cash reward of up to $2,000 for information leading to the suspect's identity.
The alert, tied to case number 26-307572, comes from a post by the Denver Police Dept., which says it needs the public's assistance identifying the person responsible. Anyone with information is asked to contact Metro Crime Stoppers rather than the department directly, since Denver Police social media channels are not staffed around the clock and cannot process anonymous tips or guarantee rewards.
The address in question belongs to Revive at 9 Mile Station, a multi-building apartment complex in Denver's Kennedy neighborhood near the Aurora border and the Nine Mile Station light rail hub, according to a Redfin listing for the property. The complex sits near East Hampden Avenue and the Kennedy Golf Course, and it has drawn repeated major police responses over the years.
A Complex With a Troubled Past
This is not the first time gunfire has struck the property. In September 2021, an 18-year-old man was killed outside the same complex while sitting inside a parked vehicle, a case the Denver Gazette reported was investigated as a homicide with a similar $2,000 Crime Stoppers reward attached. In August 2018, police opened a homicide and arson investigation at the same address after finding the body of a 52-year-old victim inside a burning apartment, a case that led to first-degree murder charges, as detailed by CBS Colorado.
More recently, safety tracking service Citizen reported that Denver Police responded to another shooting at the same address on August 2-3, where officers located a victim suffering gunshot wounds. It remains unclear whether that August incident is connected to the June 7 case now under the Crime Alert, and the dossier does not indicate whether the two are linked.
Open Questions Around the June Shooting
Several basic details about the June 7 shooting remain unclear from the department's public alert. It is not known whether a victim was injured, what physical description police may have of the suspect, or why the Crime Alert was issued roughly three months after the incident occurred.
Denver's Rising Homicide Count
The appeal lands amid a broader spike in killings across the city. While overall crime and non-fatal shootings declined across Denver during the first half of 2026, homicides rose by roughly 37% compared with the same stretch of 2025, according to Axios. Property crimes and auto thefts, by contrast, reached multi-year lows over that same period.
That trend follows a markedly different 2025, when the city recorded a 33.5% reduction in non-fatal shootings and a 6% drop in overall violent crime, according to the City and County of Denver, marking one of the city's lowest annual homicide rates in decades before this year's increase. City officials attributed last year's drop to data-driven community policing initiatives.
In response to the summer's gun violence and rising homicide count, the Denver Police Department launched a Violence Suppression Action Plan on July 31, featuring targeted response teams, illegal firearms enforcement, and regulatory reviews for properties tied to recurring violence, the Denver Gazette reported. The plan allows police to coordinate with city licensing authorities on locations that see repeated violent incidents, a category that could plausibly include an address with the history seen at 10700 East Dartmouth Avenue.
How to Submit a Tip
Metro Denver Crime Stoppers is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit that operates without taxpayer or government funding, financing its cash rewards entirely through private donations and fundraising, according to the organization. It has served law enforcement agencies across the Denver metro area since 1981, processing more than 54,000 anonymous tips that have helped solve over 4,750 cases and led to more than 3,100 arrests, with over $1.1 million in rewards approved historically.
To remain anonymous and stay eligible for a reward, tipsters must contact Metro Crime Stoppers directly by phone or online rather than reaching out to the police department or posting on social media. The tip line, 720-913-7867, is answered 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and tips can also be submitted online at MetroDenverCrimeStoppers.com. Anyone with a life-threatening emergency should call or text 911, while non-emergency police matters can be directed to Denver Police at 720-913-2000.
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