On the morning of April 25, 2019, a 911 call from 20-year-old Alexus Keith, known as Alexus Alexis Lexy, reported her ex-girlfriend pointing a gun at her. The call, placed just before 3 a.m., ended abruptly as Alexus’s voice went silent and screaming was heard. Responding officers found Alexus in an apartment in the 2700 block of West 28th Avenue in Denver’s Highlands neighborhood with a gunshot wound. She was taken to Denver Health and pronounced dead at about 4 a.m.

Investigators categorized the death as a domestic violence-related homicide. Police soon located and arrested Paulette Beazhane, also identified as Paulette Joyce, who was 21 or 23 years old at the time, and recovered a handgun nearby. A witness reported hearing a heated argument between the two in the bedroom before the fatal shot.

Did anyone in the Highlands area on April 25, 2019, see or hear anything that could help clarify what happened that night?