Elijah Beatty, 42, was killed during an early-morning shooting at an unlicensed after-hours nightclub in the 2500 block of Airport Road in Colorado Springs on December 17, 2022. Police were dispatched at 4:32 a.m.; officers arriving on scene found three people with gunshot wounds and Beatty deceased. The El Paso County Coroner’s Office identified Beatty and worked to determine the official cause and manner of death, while the Colorado Springs Police Homicide-Assault Unit opened a homicide investigation.

Detectives spent months reconstructing what happened inside the unlicensed club and eventually identified a suspect. Any witnesses who have not yet spoken with investigators are asked to come forward with information that could help the case.