On the morning of May 21, 1981, 53-year-old Calvin Castleberry, a Black man known to friends and family as Sarge, was shot in Denver, Colorado. Officers were sent to the 2600 block of Welton Street after a report of a shooting; the victim was found in the living quarters of a building located behind what was then Bishop’s Barber Shop in the Five Points business area. Castleberry suffered a severe gunshot wound to his torso, was taken to a local hospital, and died from his injuries.

The death was ruled a homicide and an investigation was opened, but no arrests have been made. The case is now cold and the Denver Police Department’s Cold Case Unit continues to seek information that could identify and lead to the arrest of a suspect or suspects. Any detail, no matter how small, may help — did anyone see or hear something in that area on May 21, 1981?