On a summer evening in June 2023, 52-year-old Craig Bruce was standing on the side of a road in Lakewood, near Littleton, Colorado, when a vehicle approached. Witnesses reported that a person inside a red Jeep Cherokee shot Bruce around 7:30 p.m. by the northbound off-ramp of 6th Avenue and Simms Street, then the vehicle fled the scene.

First responders found Bruce with a gunshot wound and rushed him to a nearby hospital. He was able to tell police he had been walking down the road and was shot without warning, and that he did not know who shot him or why. Despite surgical efforts, the single bullet caused fatal damage; doctors kept him alive long enough for family to arrive.

Investigators quickly focused on locating the suspect vehicle. Using witness descriptions and traffic camera footage, police identified a red Jeep Cherokee and, the following day, located it in Parker before tracking it toward Strasburg. A man was taken into custody after officers surrounded a residence there.

Did anyone see the red Jeep in the Lakewood area that evening or have information about the pickup or drop-off routes nearby?