Alicia Cardenas, 44, was a well-known muralist and the owner of Sol Tribe Custom Tattoo and Body Piercing in Denver. On December 27, 2021, a gunman entered her Broadway tattoo shop and opened fire; Cardenas was killed at the scene. Another person killed at Sol Tribe was Alyssa Gunn-Maldonado, and Alyssa’s husband Jimmy was wounded there.

The shooter, identified as 47-year-old Lyndon James McLeod, went on a shooting spree across the Denver and Lakewood areas that day. Authorities say McLeod killed three other people—Danny Scofield, Sarah Steck, and Michael Swinyard—and that he had personal or business relationships with most of his victims. The rampage ended in the Belmar shopping center in Lakewood, where a Lakewood officer who was shot returned fire and killed McLeod.

Cardenas is remembered as a proud Indigenous artist, a mentor to many, and an influential figure in Denver’s art community.