On August 3, 2021, 65-year-old Andrewlee Ervin, a Black/African American man, was shot and killed near his home on Grape Street in Commerce City, Colorado.

When officers arrived to investigate, Reineke reportedly opened fire on them. He fired at least eight shots at one officer, with a bullet piercing the officer’s sleeve, then continued shooting and struck an Adams County Sheriff’s Office deputy’s vehicle, hitting a tire and another part of the car. Reineke is said to have fired from behind a wooden fence before being struck by law enforcement and taken into custody.

Reineke was charged with second-degree murder in Ervin’s death and attempted second-degree murder for the attack on officers. Does anyone have information about Ervin, his activities in the neighborhood that evening, or the confrontation that preceded the shooting?