DENVER – Police are releasing more details in connection with a shooting that left a man injured late Sunday night in east Denver.
Officers arrested Elijah McDonald, 23, after police were called to the area of E. Colfax Ave and Xenia St. shortly after 9 p.m. on reports of a shooting.
A witness told police she was at the RTD bus stop on E. Colfax near Xenia St. when she noticed the victim in the shooting – whom police have only identified as a man – was upset because he had an argument nearby with someone else and was pacing back and forth in front of the bus stop.
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The woman told police that McDonald then “began talking s—t’ to the victim because he was upset, “at which point Mr. McDonald produced a handgun and pointed it at the victim’s head,” according to an affidavit unsealed Monday.
The victim then reportedly told McDonald, “What, are you going to shoot me?” before the suspect shot the victim once in the chest from approximately three-to-five feet away, the affidavit states.
McDonald then reportedly ran into an alleyway on the south side of E. Colfax Ave. and Xenia St. but police were able to find him hiding in the laundry room of a nearby business after checking HALO footage in the area.
The suspect was found in possession of a handgun magazine and McDonald was arrested for investigation of attempted first-degree murder, according to police.
The victim taken to a hospital where he was admitted in critical condition and rushed into surgery, police said Tuesday. The man’s conditions is unknown at this time.
The case is still under investigation, but police are asking anyone with information to contact Denver Metro Crime Stoppers at (720) 913-7867.
Investigators say they do not believe this shooting is connected with one that occurred four hours later at 8282 E. Colfax.
