Eighteen-year-old Marlon Horton was shot and killed after leaving Teen Night at the Roxy nightclub near 25th and Welton Streets in Denver on July 5, 2002. Horton, a Black male, was walking through the club’s parking lot with three friends when a passing vehicle became involved in a verbal confrontation with the group. The argument escalated and someone in the vehicle opened fire; Horton was struck and fatally wounded. One friend was also hit but survived.

The Denver Police Department opened a homicide investigation but did not immediately identify the occupants of the vehicle. No arrests have been announced and the case has gone cold. Anyone who was in the area that night or who has information about the shooting is asked to contact investigators.