On June 15, 2019, 21-year-old Daoud Robert Francis was found dead inside a running white Lexus SUV in the King Soopers parking lot on the 18600 block of Green Valley Ranch Boulevard in Denver’s Green Valley Ranch neighborhood. Officers responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle discovered Francis shortly before 2 a.m. The coroner determined he died from a single gunshot wound to the head; the death was ruled a homicide. Investigators also noted a laceration near his right eye and a shattered portion of the backseat passenger window.

Witnesses told police that Francis, an 18-year-old identified as Lin Feng Li and four other men had been at a house party that police broke up, then drove to the parking lot. An argument reportedly broke out, and Li allegedly struck Francis in the face several times with a semi-automatic handgun, which discharged and fatally struck Francis in the head. Li was arrested the next day at a Blackhawk hotel and charged with first-degree murder, multiple counts of intimidating a victim or witness, and possession of a weapon by a previous offender.

If anyone was at that party, the drive to the King Soopers lot, or the car afterward, please share what was seen or heard with investigators.