A Thanksgiving Day knife attack at a downtown Denver migrant camp left one man dead and another person injured.
On Thursday, the Denver Police Department investigated a stabbing in the Park Avenue and Lawrence Street area of downtown Denver near Coors Field around 11 a.m., with two people transported to the hospital with “unknown extent of injuries,” according to a tweet.
By 3 p.m., an adult male victim had died at the hospital. No arrests have been made yet, and Denver police didn’t immediately respond on Friday with additional details on the stabbing, such as confirmation of the involvement of Venezuelan migrants specifically or updates on the suspect.
But a KDVR journalist who was working on a separate story at the scene when the attack happened reported that a group of unhoused Venezuelan migrants in the area said a man with a knife had allegedly bothered them since Wednesday night, telling them that “they were not welcome here and for them to return to their country.”
The migrants said they used sticks and knives to defend themselves, and one woman said she tried to de-escalate the situation by talking to the knife-wielding man. They said the group ultimately tackled him, but two migrants were injured in the attack.
The crime scene isn’t near any of the city’s four migrant shelters.
The police are asking anyone with information to contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-STOP(7867) as the investigation continues.