Michael Glenn Milligan, 28, was shot and killed on the evening of November 30, 2023, in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. The shooting occurred on the 800 block of North Gaylord Street near Cheesman Park after a planned meeting to sell four pounds of marijuana to two men; investigators say the meeting was a setup for a robbery. Michael and a friend arrived for the transaction, and when the men attempted to rob them Michael tried to drive away.

He was shot inside his vehicle, which crashed about half a block away, and he died from his wounds despite medical efforts. Denver police responded to reports of gunfire around 6:22 p.m. and quickly identified two suspects by tracking a phone number and through an eyewitness identification, arresting Travis Jamahal Jackson on December 7, 2023; Armoni Angelo Patterson was also named as a co-defendant. Michael, born in Virginia and a graduate of Cascia Hall Preparatory School in Tulsa, had moved to Denver in 2016 and was known as an avid snowboarder and hiker who loved the Rocky Mountains.

If anyone has information about the events that night or knew Michael, please come forward with tips for investigators.