Denver Police arrest man, 20, in fatal Maple Avenue house party fight, shooting

Denver Police Department announced an arrest Tuesday in connection with a shooting a few weeks prior, during which one person was killed and another injured.

Yeanbraiker Yriarte-Valera, 20, faces a first-degree murder charge after he allegedly shot and killed a man around 5 a.m. Feb. 14 at a residence in the 1500 block of West Maple Avenue, according to a heavily redacted probable cause affidavit for his arrest.

As police responded to the incident that morning, they found an adult woman who was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to her ankle, according to the affidavit. Authorities also found an adult man on the building’s front porch who was suffering from multiple apparent gunshot wounds. First responders carried him into the street to render aid, but he was ultimately pronounced dead at the scene…

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