A traffic crash report in Denver on October 3, 1993, led officers to a vehicle at East 26th Avenue and York Street where 24-year-old Eric Lynn Thomas was found. He was taken to a local hospital after initially appearing injured in what first looked like a routine accident, but medical staff discovered he had sustained multiple gunshot wounds.

Eric Lynn Thomas, a Black male, died of those gunshot injuries and the investigation was reclassified as a homicide. No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced and the case remains unsolved. The circumstances that produced the crash report and the shooting are not fully known.

Anyone with information about Eric, his movements that day, or the events near East 26th Avenue and York Street on October 3, 1993, is urged to contact the Denver Police Department.