Aderagaw Teklehaimanot, a 48-year-old Black man, was fatally shot during an aggravated robbery at a small business at 6622 East Colfax Avenue in Denver on the evening of December 20, 2010. Police found him inside the store with a fatal gunshot wound; investigators determined he struggled with the intruders as they stole the cash register and fled on foot.

Denver Police opened a homicide investigation under case number 2010-626595 and the case has been kept in city and state cold case files. Official records note that the suspects who carried off the cash register and left Teklehaimanot dead have not been publicly identified, no one has been charged, and a reward of up to $2,000 has been offered for information leading to an arrest.

Anyone who knew Aderagaw Teklehaimanot or witnessed activity near 6622 East Colfax on December 20, 2010, is urged to contact investigators with information that could help solve this unsolved homicide.