On the evening of May 23, 2004, 15-year-old Jason Arellano was fatally shot in an alley in the 1400 block between King Street and Lowell Boulevard in Denver. Officers responding to a report of a shooting found Jason and two other people with injuries; Jason was pronounced dead at the scene. The attack was treated as a homicide, but the shooter or shooters fled and were not identified.

The case later went cold. No arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly named. Jason’s family and the community continue to seek answers about what happened that night.

If anyone was in the area that evening or has information about the shooting, please come forward and share what you know.