Denny Stong was 20 when he was killed on March 22, 2021, in the mass shooting at a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado. An employee of the store since 2018, Stong was off the clock and talking with a friend when the attack began. He was the youngest of the ten people who died that day.

Friends and co-workers say Stong tried to protect others during the shooting. Accounts report he confronted the shooter in an attempt to disarm him and helped guide people to safety through the back of the store before he was fatally shot. He graduated from Fairview High School in 2019 and enjoyed flying model airplanes and studying Civil War history; friends remember him as kind, outgoing, and funny.

If anyone knew Denny or was in the store that afternoon and has memories to share, please add what you remember.