On the evening of July 12, 2022, 17-year-old Josiah ’JoJo’ Gonzales was at Ken Mitchell Park in Brighton, Colorado, sharing pizza with a friend in a pavilion when another 17-year-old, Jonah Graham, approached with a companion. The two teenagers were acquainted and a verbal exchange between Gonzales and Graham escalated into gunfire. Witnesses reported hearing an argument followed by shots; Graham drew a handgun and fired three times, striking Gonzales in the face and neck. Gonzales was found unresponsive and Brighton police upgraded their inquiry from a death investigation to a homicide.

Two days later, on July 14, police arrested Jonah Graham at his home in Commerce City and he was initially held at a juvenile detention center in Brighton. The Adams County District Attorney’s Office later charged Graham as an adult. If anyone was at Ken Mitchell Park that evening or has information about the events leading up to the shooting, please come forward.