Business owners and residents in downtown Denver’s Ballpark District want police and city officials to make their area safer after a shooting in the area on Father’s Day left a 23-year-old man dead and witnesses traumatized.
“Crime in this neighborhood is horrible,” said Justin Lloyd, the owner of Star Bar at 2137 Larimer Street, during a community meeting on Wednesday, June 18. “In certain areas of town at certain points throughout the day, just put police back on the streets, and whether that’s on foot, on a motorcycle, or on a bicycle or on a horse, or whatever, I think it would make a big difference.”
About thirty Ballpark residents attended the community meeting and expressed similar concerns to the Denver Police Department…