On the morning of April 1, 2012, 25-year-old Jimma Reat was shot and later died at a hospital after an encounter with occupants of a red Jeep near 29th Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard in Denver. Reat, a Black man who had come to the United States as a refugee from what is now South Sudan, was a passenger in a car with his two brothers and a friend when the Jeep’s occupants reportedly shouted racial slurs and threw bottles, breaking a window. Reat and his companions fled to nearby Wheat Ridge and called 911; the Denver operator Juan Jesus Rodriguez instructed them to return to Denver to file a report. While they awaited police, the red Jeep returned and shots were fired, striking Reat.

The 911 operator was later fired and Reat’s family filed a lawsuit against the city and the operator. No arrests have been made, and the individuals in the red Jeep have not been identified or apprehended. Does anyone have information about that red Jeep or the people involved that could help bring justice for Jimma Reat?