Dontai Rashad Carter, 23, was fatally shot in the head during the early hours of March 1, 2014, inside a condominium on Memphis Street in Denver’s Montbello neighborhood. Officers who responded to a distress call also found 31-year-old Richard E. Sims dead from a gunshot wound to the head. Friends and family recalled Dontai’s vibrant personality.

Detectives identified a 2001 Chevy Tahoe as a vehicle of interest that may have been taken from the scene; the SUV was found later the same day in nearby Aurora. When police approached the vehicle several people ran; two were quickly caught and a juvenile with outstanding warrants was detained, but no charges connected to the double homicide were filed and the case later went cold.

A separate man named Dontai Carter, age 20, was also shot and killed in Denver on December 22, 2010. That investigation likewise produced no publicly identified suspects and went cold.

If anyone knew either Dontai or has information about either shooting, contact Denver police with any tips.