DENVER — Family and friends of a man killed in a Denver Jail cell allegedly by the hands of his cellmate are demanding accountability, believing the two men should never have shared a cell.
Vincent Chacon, 36, was found unresponsive inside his jail cell at Denver’s Downtown Detention Center last month.
“We want answers, justice for Vincent,” the group chanted Saturday night outside the jail windows and to cars passing along Colfax Avenue.
Denver Sheriff deputies responded to the incident at around 2:15 a.m. Monday, June 30, when they found Chacon unresponsive in his cell at the jail. Life-saving measures were attempted until paramedics arrived to assist, a spokesperson with the city’s Department of Public Safety said, but Chacon was declared dead a short time later.
Officers with the Denver Police Department responded to the jail about 30 minutes later to investigate the incident. A preliminary investigation revealed signs that Chacon had been assaulted and that the injuries likely resulted in his death, the spokesperson said…