Denver, CO
2 arrested for attempted murder in shooting that caused hours-long I-25 closure
Two men were arrested this week on suspicion of attempted murder after Denver police shut down southbound Interstate 25 on Monday to investigate a Friday shooting.
Burr Charlesworth, 42, and Luis Mendoza, 35, were both arrested on investigation of attempted first-degree murder and first-degree assault after allegedly shooting two men Friday on southbound I-25, according to a news release from the Denver Police Department.
Around 3:12 a.m. Friday, Denver officers responded to reports of a shooting on southbound I-25 near Colorado Boulevard, police said in the release.
Two men driving together on the interstate were shot in their car and pulled over onto I-25’s southbound shoulder near Belleview Avenue, police said. Paramedics took both men to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Denver police shut the interstate down for multiple hours Monday to investigate the shooting and are working to identify more suspects, according to the release.
As of Thursday morning, neither Charlesworth nor Mendoza had court dates scheduled, according to court records.
Mendoza is being held in Denver’s Downtown Detention Center on a $300,000 bail, but Charlesworth did not appear in Denver jail records.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
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A birding group visiting the Denver Audubon Kingery Nature Center took a tour led by Master Birders Jordan Gerue and Urling Kingery, for whom the nature center is named, in Littleton on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. The Walk the Wetlands event takes place on the first Sunday of every month.
The group ventured along the South Platte River through open fields and deciduous woodland, near ponds and marshes. The walk is about 3 miles on relatively flat terrain and takes about 3.5 hours, depending on weather conditions. Among the resident birds that winter here are many species of ducks, both Hairy and Downy Woodpeckers, White-breasted Nuthatches, Northern Flickers, Townsend’s Solitaires, and Cedar Waxwings.
On Sunday the group counted and saw 26 species of birds, including a Golden Eagle, Bald eagles, magpies, Belted Kingfishers, Great Blue Herons, Northern Shrikes, Common Goldeneye and Gadwall ducks and an American Dipper.
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A California man has been arrested for attempting to sex traffic women in Denver. According to Denver District Attorney Beth McCann, Murlin Swanston was arrested in California by state fugitive agents.
Swanston, 48, was arrested with the assistance of Denver District Attorney investigators on suspicion of trying to sex traffic two Denver women whom he met on commercial online sex sites.
According to investigators, starting in 2021, Swanston contacted thousands of women online, many of whom were commercial sex workers, across the country to try to get them to participate in his sex trafficking ring.
Prosecutors believe there are many more victims in Denver and are asking any possible victims to contact Denver DA Investigator Joe DeAngelo, with the DA’s Human Trafficking Unit at 720.913.9108.
Swanston is in custody in California. The Denver DA said formal charges will be filed in Denver as soon as Swanston is extradited to Colorado. An extradition date has not been scheduled.
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