Steven Salazar, 28, was found inside his east Denver home on the night of July 28, 2022, with at least one gunshot wound. Police were called between about 8:30 and 8:55 p.m. to the 5700 block of East 10th Avenue, near Mayfair Park in the Montclair/Hale area. He was taken to a hospital and died overnight; the death was classified as a homicide and the medical examiner later identified him as Steven Jake Salazar of Denver.

Friends and relatives remember him as kind, caring and easygoing, working warehouse jobs, spending time with family, and collecting affectionate nicknames like Scooby and Stevie weeve the turtle. Investigators later identified a 17-year-old, Jerome Salazar, as the suspect and issued an alert and a reward of up to $2,000 for information leading to his capture, warning he should be considered armed and dangerous.

Does anyone have information about Steven, the 5700 block of East 10th Avenue that night, or Jerome Salazar’s whereabouts?