In the early hours of Sunday, March 10, 2024, a burst of gunfire in Denver’s Goldsmith neighborhood left 42-year-old Cordell Pratt fatally wounded. The shooting occurred about 12:30 a.m. in the 4700 block of East Evans Avenue and also injured another person who was hospitalized. Pratt was taken to a local hospital and died of multiple gunshot wounds; the Denver Office of the Medical Examiner ruled his death a homicide.

Pratt is remembered in the community as ambitious and inspiring — a former Falcons football player who later became an entrepreneur and a newly published author. Friends and family described him as compassionate and always willing to help others; services were held in late March to honor his life. The Denver Police Department’s investigation remains ongoing, and no suspects or arrests have been publicly identified.

If anyone in the Goldsmith area that night has information or saw anything unusual on March 10, please share what you know.