Lonell Emauel Franklin, 21, was shot and killed in Denver on the night of January 11, 2010. Franklin, a Black male, was in a car with his 19-year-old friend DeShon Lee and a female companion after a verbal altercation at a liquor store at Bruce Randolph and York Street. They stopped at a red light at Martin Luther King Boulevard and Steele Street around 11:00 p.m. when a silver or gray SUV pulled up alongside and occupants opened fire.

All three people in Franklin’s vehicle were struck. Franklin was pronounced dead at the scene. DeShon Lee was critically wounded, taken to Denver Health Medical Center, and died later that evening. The female passenger sustained non-life-threatening injuries and survived. The suspect vehicle fled immediately and no one has been publicly identified or arrested in connection with the shooting as of this report. The investigation remains open.

If anyone has information about the shooting or the SUV involved, please contact Denver police.