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
Number 38: Sergio Evelyn-Moe
9/22/2015
3:20 PM
Cole
28
Male
Gunshot wound
Number 39: Travis Kimbrough-Sanders
9/22/2015
3:20 PM
Cole
34
Male
Gunshot wound
Number 40: Dareon Tarbor
10/10/2015
2:15 PM
Kennedy
30
Male
Gunshot wounds
Number 41: Isaiah Roquemore
10/15/2015
7:30 PM
Virginia Vale
28
Male
Gunshot wound
Number 42: Eric Hines Jr.
11/3/2015
9:20 PM
East Colfax
27
Male
Gunshot wounds
Number 43: Christopher Nelson
11/6/2015
1:54 AM
Harvey Park South
32
Male
Gunshot wounds
Number 44: Cristian Martinez
11/7/2015
12:38 AM
Baker
21
Male
Gunshot wound
Number 45: Joel Gomez-Chavez
11/20/2015
7:20 AM
Northeast Park Hill
20
Male
Gunshot wounds
Number 46: Miguel Martinez
11/22/2015
11:00 PM
Athmar Park
28
Male
Gunshot wounds
Number 47: D'Andre Mayfield
11/23/2015
5:00 AM
Montbello
20
Male
Gunshot wound
Number 48: Jeffery Scherff
11/29/2015
4:27 AM
Northeast Park Hill
44
Male
Gunshot wound
Number 49: Phillip Munoz
12/1/2015
3:30 PM
Sloan Lake
35
Male
Gunshot wounds
Number 50: Renita Jackson
12/3/2015
4:45 PM
Ruby Hill
51
Female
Sharp force injuries
Number 51: Enrique Gonzalez
12/13/2015
10:00 PM
Berkeley
32
Male
Gunshot wound
Number 52: Chan Lieth
12/21/2015
11:30 PM
East Colfax
25
Male
Gunshot wounds
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12/31/2015
Civic Center
Male
Pending
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