A young man was killed in Colorado Springs after an early-morning shooting tied to a nearby crash. On June 23, 2018, officers who responded to a rollover near Gold Camp Road saw several vehicles speed away; a witness reported hearing a gunshot and seeing three cars flee. Shortly before 6 a.m., police were called about a shooting and found 23-year-old Derrick Lamont Lawrence Jr. with multiple gunshot wounds near S. 8th Street and Cheyenne Blvd.

While being transported to the hospital, Lawrence identified his assailant to an officer, naming his friend Cedric Jackson. Lawrence later died of his wounds. Investigators located records for 19-year-old Cedric Jackson, and an officer who had been at the crash scene later recognized Jackson as the likely driver of one of the fleeing vehicles. Jackson was arrested the next day and booked for first-degree murder. The motive for the shooting has not been reported.

If anyone knew Lawrence or has information about the events that morning, please share what you know.