This past July, we published a post detailing
twenty Denver homicides during the first half of 2015.
In it, we noted that the total, while disturbing, was also fairly typical.
There were
twenty Denver homicides during the first half of 2012 and
22 in the first six months of 2013.
But from July through December, the amount of bloodshed in the Mile High City has been much, much worse.
We've been using the number fifty as the homicide sum for 2015 — which calculates to thirty during the second half of the year, including
Jayvion Johnson, seen above, who was killed at the age of
23 months.
But the
Denver Post documents that there have actually been 33 if the murder of
Teodoro Leon is counted. Leon's body was found on January 1, which made him the
first murder victim to be found in 2016. But police believe he was actually killed the night before, on New Year's Eve.
Continue to see the 33 homicides, with basic statistics — date, time, neighborhood, age, gender and cause of death — plus photos and links to those covered by
Westword.
Number 21: Harry McCabe Jr.
7/2/2015
1:24 AM
College View-South Platte
25
Male
Gunshot wound
Number 22: William Romo Rodriguez
7/3/2015
3:45 AM
Westwood
41
Male
Multiple blunt force trauma (hit with vehicle)
Number 23: Jayvion Johnson
7/8/2015
8:35 AM
City Park West
1
Male
Pending
Number 24: Paul Castaway
7/12/2015
7:00 PM
Westwood
35
Male
Gunshot wound
Number 25: Carlos Ruiz-Reyes
7/19/2015
2:00 AM
Barnum West
22
Male
Gunshot wound
Number 26: Eric Walker
7/29/2015
1:30 AM
Clayton
46
Male
Gunshot wounds
Number 27: Jorge Lopez-Ramirez
7/31/2015
9:00 PM
Ruby Hill
17
Male
Gunshot wound
Number 28: Dydrick Martin
7/31/2015
10:29 PM
Montbello
47
Male
Stab wound
Number 29: Sebastian Evridge
8/3/2015
6:30 AM
Sunnyside
21
Male
Massive head injury
Number 30: Derick Wilford
8/12/2015
2:00 AM
Five Points
36
Male
Gunshot wounds
Number 31: Jose Frias-Olivas
8/15/2015
10:22 PM
College View-South Platte
61
Male
Gunshot wound
Number 32: Judith Katchen
8/19/2015
6:10 AM
University Hills
78
Female
Sharp and blunt force injuries
Number 33: Dwayne Banks Sr.
9/1/2015
9:10 PM
North Park Hill
3
Male
Gunshot wounds
Number 34: Darren Bloomquist
9/5/2015
4:30 AM
Green Valley Ranch
49
Male
Gunshot wound
Number 35: Jeremy Garcia
9/13/2015
2:00 AM
East Colfax
29
Male
Gunshot wounds
Number 36: Donald Johnson
9/16/2015
1:17 AM
Harvey Park South
26
Male
Gunshot wounds
Number 37: Bobby Brown
9/16/2015
10:59 PM
Montbello
34
Male
Gunshot wounds