Authorities are thanking the public for help in capturing a fugitive wanted for a fatal shooting in Denver nearly two years ago.
One day after the FBI and Denver Police Department announced a $10,000 reward for information that could help locate and convict Matthew LaDaniel Johnson, he was placed behind bars, they say. Johnson was wanted for a shooting at a local bar in 2023 that claimed the lives of Brandon Houston and Jason Lewis and injured two others.
During a press conference Thursday, Lewis’s sisters pleaded with the public to help them get justice for their brother, and the FBI announced the reward. Officials said a viewer saw news coverage of the case and called in a tip. The FBI Safe Streets Task Force and Denver police officers found Johnson in north Denver on Friday night and placed him under arrest…