Tyrone Boss Goodie Adair, 29, was shot and killed outside the Cold Crush nightclub on Larimer Street in Denver on an autumn night in October 2016. Friends described him as an aspiring rapper and a supportive presence in the local music scene. The night began with a disturbance inside the club; Adair helped security escort two men out after a dispute.

One of those men, Harold Mortis, returned to the area after retrieving a firearm from his vehicle and opened fire at the front of the club. Adair was struck once in the head and died. A hat with the letter B left at the scene yielded DNA that matched Mortis, investigators recovered .40-caliber ammunition at Mortis’s home matching casings from the scene, and a witness later identified Mortis as the shooter who fired four to six times.

Mortis was arrested in December 2016 and charged with first-degree murder and weapons offenses; he later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced in January 2018. The shooting prompted the temporary closure of the Cold Crush nightclub as a public nuisance.

If anyone knew Tyrone, his work in Denver’s hip-hop community, or was at Cold Crush that night, please share what can help clarify the events.