On the evening of June 6, 2024, 29-year-old Manuel C. Luque-Quintana was sitting in a parked car with a female companion in the 500 block of N. Sheridan Boulevard in Denver when a vehicle pulled up and a passenger opened fire. Luque-Quintana was shot and later died at a hospital on June 8, 2024. His companion was critically injured, managed to get out of the car, and was later found and transported to the hospital.

Denver police investigated the attack; the motive was not immediately clear. Using license plate reader technology and public tips, investigators identified two suspects. Authorities arrested 31-year-old Simon Eugene Elijah Gurule in Denver and a 16-year-old male in Arvada. Both face charges including first-degree murder and criminal attempt to commit first-degree murder. Gurule is being held on a one-million-dollar cash-only bond.

If anyone has information about the shooting or knew Manuel, please share tips with Denver police.