{"id":119332,"date":"2023-09-24T17:31:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T17:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=119332"},"modified":"2023-09-24T17:31:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T17:31:11","slug":"jeremiah-brown-arrested-in-deadly-denver-double-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/world-news\/jeremiah-brown-arrested-in-deadly-denver-double-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremiah Brown arrested in deadly Denver double shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"
Denver officers arrested a man connected to a fatal Thursday night shooting that killed one and injured another Saturday.<\/p>\n
Just before 2 a.m. on Thursday, officers responded to reports of a shooting in the City Park West neighborhood, near the area of East 16th Avenue and North Marion Street.<\/p>\n
According to a Saturday news release from the Denver police department, when police officers arrived on the scene, they found two victims and transported them to a nearby hospital. One, 42-year-old Kenneth Watkins, later died from his injuries.<\/p>\n
The Denver Office of the Medical Examiner ruled Watkins’ death as a homicide caused by a gunshot wound.<\/p>\n
Jeremiah Brown, 20, was arrested Saturday and is being held for investigation of first-degree murder, first-degree attempted murder and first-degree assault, the Saturday release stated.<\/p>\n
Brown’s final charges will be released by the Denver District Attorney’s Office.<\/p>\n
Just after 1 a.m. Thursday, Brown got into a fight with the two victims — Watkins and an unidentified adult female \u2014 before pulling out his gun and shooting both of them, the news release stated.<\/p>\n
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