In the early morning hours of October 30, 2022, Raeshaud Dequince Jackson, 24, was shot in a parking lot in the 9800 block of East Girard Avenue in Denver and later died at a hospital. Police described the incident as a double homicide; the other victim, 23-year-old Deandre Lewis, was pronounced dead at the scene. No arrests or public identifications of suspects have been announced and the Denver Police Department was investigating.

Born February 2, 1998, in Aurora, Colorado, Jackson was known as Rae-Rae and remembered as a comedian, rapper and dancer who loved his family. He was a father to a son and a stepfather to a daughter. The shootings happened amid a period of increased gun violence affecting Denver and Aurora, and the community has been left seeking answers.

Anyone who was in the area that morning or who has information about the shootings is asked to come forward.