On the night of August 1, 1997, 15-year-old Jeremiah James Thomas was waiting at a bus stop near East Colfax Avenue and Colorado Boulevard in Denver at about 11:20 p.m. A small red car with several young people inside passed by and a verbal exchange occurred between Jeremiah and the vehicle’s occupants; a witness said Jeremiah gestured back after the occupants reportedly flashed gang signs. The driver then made a U-turn, drove up onto the sidewalk and deliberately struck Jeremiah, dragging him under the car for several hundred feet as the vehicle fled. Jeremiah was pronounced dead at the scene.

The killing was briefly reported in local newspapers at the time but the red car and the people responsible were never identified. The Denver Police Department continues to seek information and the case remains an unsolved homicide. If anyone has memories of that night or information about a small red car in the East Colfax and Colorado Boulevard area around August 1, 1997, please contact investigators.