On the evening of April 1, 2021, DeAngelo Tafoya, 22 and a single father working two jobs to support his young daughter, was waiting at the bus stop at Federal Boulevard and Alameda Avenue in Denver when gunfire erupted. Shots came from a gold SUV and struck Tafoya and 59-year-old David Lara. Both men were taken to hospital and died of their injuries.

Witnesses at the stop described the vehicle as a gold Honda CRV. Officers located and stopped a vehicle matching that description minutes later and found two 22-year-old men, Elias and Tlaloc Chavez, inside with a baby in a car seat. Spent shell casings were reportedly found on the vehicle floorboard. A witness from the bus stop identified the two men as the shooters, and surveillance footage from a public bus showed two men in a gold Honda CRV firing at Tafoya and Lara as they walked toward the vehicle. Elias and Tlaloc Chavez were arrested and charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder and criminal attempt to commit first-degree murder.

A year after the shooting, Tafoya’s family held a vigil at the bus stop to remember him and to call for justice. If anyone has information about that evening or knew DeAngelo Tafoya, please share what you know.