On Tuesday afternoon, June 13, 2023, 21-year-old Blake Lucas was shot on Interstate 25 in Denver during a road‑rage confrontation that also left his 22-year-old brother Damon dead. The brothers were en route to a job interview when an encounter with another driver, 25-year-old Stephen Long, escalated while traffic was stopped. Blake reportedly exited the passenger seat and approached Long’s vehicle; Long allegedly shot Blake from inside his car. Damon reportedly pursued on foot and grabbed Long’s vehicle and was fatally shot as the car moved. Blake was taken to a hospital and later died; Damon was pronounced dead at the scene.

An off‑duty officer who heard the gunfire followed Long’s vehicle and alerted other officers, and Long was arrested without visible injuries. He was initially charged with two counts of first‑degree murder and claimed he acted in self‑defense, saying the brothers were aggressive, cut him off, and that Blake had hit him through an open window. The prosecution later dropped the murder charge connected to Blake Lucas’s death and requested dismissal of the remaining charge after reviewing the evidence and citing a claim of self‑defense under Colorado law.

Are there witnesses who saw the confrontation or dashcam video from nearby vehicles that could clarify what happened?