Oscar Hernandez was shot and killed after intervening in a parking-lot dispute on October 26, 2018. A native of Denver and a carpenter, Hernandez was 39 and a husband and father of six. The incident began in the 3400 block of W. Kentucky Avenue when a woman confronted a man because his passengers had been hitting her car with their doors; she was reportedly punched in the face during that encounter. Hernandez arrived and confronted the same man and was shot during that confrontation. He drove himself to Denver Health Medical Center, where he died shortly thereafter.

The man who fled the scene was later identified as 23-year-old Benard Reed. On October 28 Reed was arrested in neighboring Aurora and taken into custody in Denver on investigation of first-degree murder and third-degree assault; the Denver District Attorney’s Office subsequently charged him with one count of first-degree murder. Any readers who knew Oscar or saw the incident are asked to share information.