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Ma Kaing, a 42-year-old Denver businesswoman and refugee from Myanmar, was killed on the evening of July 15, 2022. She had been unloading groceries from her car on Xenia Street with her son when a stray bullet struck her. Her son held her as she died. Kaing was a community leader, restaurant owner, and East Colfax Neighborhood Association board member.

Investigators traced the fatal round to a shootout at nearby New Freedom Park that erupted from a territorial dispute. More than three dozen shell casings were recovered. Authorities arrested four men — Pa Reh, his brother Lu Reh, Nu Ra Ah La, and Swa Bay — and charged them in connection with the killing. Two pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and received 18-year sentences; the other two were convicted of first-degree murder, with Lu Reh and Pa Reh each sentenced to life without parole.

Does anyone have memories of Ma Kaing or information about the park shootings that could add context to what happened that night?