Darrian Micah Butler, 27, was shot in the early morning hours of August 11, 2021, near East Colfax Avenue and North Clermont Street in Denver’s South Park Hill neighborhood. Emergency crews took him to a hospital after the shooting was reported shortly before 4:30 a.m., but he died about four hours later.

Born July 3, 1994, in New Orleans, Butler had culinary training and worked in the French Quarter and the New Orleans metro area before moving to Denver. Friends remembered him as kind, humble, and comical. Police closed part of East Colfax for several hours to process the scene. At the time, no motive, suspect information, or arrests were released and investigators appealed to the community for tips, including through Metro Denver Crime Stoppers.

If anyone knew Darrian or saw activity near East Colfax and Clermont the morning of August 11, 2021, please share what is known with investigators.