Denver Police.Photo:AP Photo/David Zalubowski
AP Photo/David Zalubowski
Nine people were shot amid celebrations for the Denver Nuggets’ NBA championship victory early Tuesday morning, about three-and-a-half hours after the final buzzer.The Denver Police Department said ina statementthat a suspect is in custody and no one was killed, but three people are in critical condition.
“This is a complex, ongoing investigation in its early stages,” Denver police said early Tuesday morning. “Preliminary info indicates multiple shots were fired during an altercation involving several individuals.”
Police said the shooting took place in the 2000 block of Market St. in downtown Denver, about a mile from Ball Arena, wherethe Nuggets celebrated the city’s first NBA Championship. The location of the scene is about a block and a half away from Coors Field, where the Colorado Rockies play, in a neighborhood filled with bars and restaurants.According to police, six of the victims and the suspect “are believed to have non-life-threatening injuries.”
Denver Police.AP Photo/David Zalubowski
The AP reported the suspect was a man, though no further identification was available as of Tuesday morning.
The Denver shooting was the 291st mass shooting in the United States already this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people are shot.The incident comes after two mass shootings took place during other celebrations in recent days, including ata graduation ceremony in Virginiawhere a father and son were killed, and ata graduation party in Marylandwhere three people were killed.
source: people.com
