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On the evening of March 9, 2016, a burst of gunfire in Denver’s Park Hill neighborhood killed 18-year-old Tarell Burton as he sat in a vehicle near East 33rd Avenue and Cherry Street. An autopsy determined Burton died of multiple gunshot wounds. A 20-year-old woman with him, Bernice Serrano, was struck several times and taken to a hospital in critical condition with life-threatening, life-altering injuries. Burton was a young father, survived by his son, Tarell Burton III.

The Denver Police Department’s investigation involved the gang unit and looked into whether the shooting was gang-related or a case of mistaken identity. Investigators identified two suspects in the weeks after the shooting. Twenty-four-year-old Keon Nixon was arrested in Fort Worth, Texas, after getting off a Greyhound bus; 19-year-old Eli Mayfield was arrested in Denver. Both men were charged by the Denver District Attorney’s Office with first-degree murder in Burton’s death and attempted first-degree murder for Serrano’s shooting, and prosecutors said the suspects were acquainted with Burton and Serrano.

Does anyone have information about Burton, Serrano, or the events that night that could help clarify what led to this attack?