On the evening of May 18, 2003, 21-year-old Cesar Chavez-Aguina was inside a house at 944 S. Utica St. in Denver when unknown assailants fired into the residence. Chavez-Aguina was struck by gunfire and taken by private vehicle to a local hospital, where he died that day from his injuries.

The Denver Police Department opened an investigation but the shooters have not been identified. The case is now with the department’s Cold Case Unit; no arrests or public suspect identifications have been announced.

Anyone who was at the party that night or who has information about activity around 944 S. Utica St. on May 18, 2003, is asked to share what they know.