1 man shot and killed in southeast Denver, 23-year-old man arrested Darren Whitehead
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Denver police have arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with the shooting death of a 36-year-old man on May 7.
According to a Denver Police (DPD) probable cause for arrest (PC) statement, officers were called to Pembrooke on the Green apartments, located in the 10700 block of East Dartmouth Avenue, after getting a 911 call that a drunk person was yelling at children and naked from the waist down. When officers arrived they found a man, later identified as 36-year-old Carl Kern, laying in a grassy area near one of the apartment buildings. Kern had a puncture wound to his chest and was taken to Swedish Medical Center for treatment, the PC statement says.
Investigating officers canvassed the apartments and found a witness who told police that he returned to his unit from walking his dog at around 7:20 a.m., according to the PC statement. The witness heard a disturbance and what he thought was a woman s voice say, don t do that , the PC statement says. The witness then heard pounding and kicking on a door and then heard one pop, which sounded like a gunshot to the witness, according to the PC statement. The witness said he waited for about 15 seconds to make sure there weren t any other gunshots before he opened his door, the PC statement says. After he opened his door, the witness said he saw the victim standing in the building s foyer holding his side and breathing laboriously, according to the PC statement. The witness told police the victim had to come from one of the garden-level apartments, according to the statement.
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