Shawn Leinen was a 28-year-old Denver Police Department officer killed on February 25, 1995, while responding to a shots-fired call. A three-year veteran of the force and a former member of the Wyoming Air National Guard, Leinen was married and his wife was expecting at the time.

According to reports, Leinen spotted a young man breaking into a car and chased him into a dead end. The suspect, identified as 16-year-old Raymond Gone, fired at Leinen; Leinen’s vest stopped the first rounds but the impact knocked him down. Gone then stood over the downed officer and fired a fatal shot to the head. Witnesses said Leinen pleaded for his life just before the final shot.

Raymond Gone was arrested and, on September 1, 1995, convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. Did anyone in Denver at the time have additional information about the shooting or about Officer Leinen’s service?