Michael Dawkins, 22, was shot and killed outside the New Editions Bar near East 34th Avenue and Gilpin Street in Denver on the night of December 19, 1999. Another person at the scene was wounded and survived.

Witness accounts at the time did not produce a clear suspect. The shooter fled immediately, and review by the Denver Police Department’s Cold Case Unit has not produced an arrest; the assailant remains unidentified and the case is classified as an unsolved homicide. Investigators continue to seek information that could lead to an arrest and prosecution.

If anyone was near East Bruce Randolph Avenue or the New Editions Bar on December 19, 1999, or has information about Michael Dawkins that could help the investigation, please come forward.