On January 3, 1983, Thomas Edward Gilson, a 44-year-old Black man, was shot inside Roy Green’s Place, a pool hall at 1616 E. 34th Ave in Denver, when an unknown assailant entered and began firing on patrons. Gilson was transported to a local hospital with severe wounds and survived in critical condition for more than three months before dying on April 7, 1983, from complications of the shooting.

The Denver Police Department opened a homicide investigation; the case is now cold and the shooter remains unidentified with no arrests reported.

If anyone was at Roy Green’s Place that afternoon or has information about the shooting or the person who entered the pool hall, please come forward to help bring answers in this long-unsolved homicide.