A shooting at a Kipling Street fourplex in Lakewood, Colorado left 24-year-old Francisco Martinez dead on the evening of Tuesday, April 2, 2024. The attack happened just before 6:30 p.m.; Martinez was found deceased inside one of the units and a juvenile male was also wounded and taken to a nearby hospital.

Lakewood Police Department described the incident as isolated and said the person or persons responsible fled the area in a vehicle, driving northbound on Kipling Street. Investigators indicated the victims and the perpetrator were likely acquainted, suggesting the shooting was not random. No suspect was in custody at the scene.

The investigation is ongoing and the community remains without resolution for Martinez’s death. If anyone has information about that evening or saw a vehicle leaving northbound on Kipling Street around 6:30 p.m., please come forward.