On the night of October 28, 1978, Richard Louis McDougle, a 26-year-old Black man born in December 1951, was found in a parking lot near East 33rd Avenue and Downing Street in Denver after sustaining a single gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital but died of his injury. The shooting occurred across from a drinking establishment called the Other Side of the Road Bar.

The Denver Police Department opened a homicide investigation, canvassed the area and interviewed witnesses, but no suspect was identified and there were no arrests in the aftermath. The motive for the killing remains unknown. The case is now listed in the Colorado Bureau of Investigation’s cold case files and remains unsolved.

Anyone who knew Richard or has information about the shooting or people in that area on October 28, 1978, is asked to contact the Denver Police Department.