A show-cause hearing over the liquor and cabaret licenses for Orchid Denver, a nightclub at 1448 Market Street in LoDo, revealed new information about a shooting at the venue on New Year’s Day.
At around 2:30 a.m. on January 1, the Denver Police Department responded to a shooting in the 1400 block of Market that was later determined to have occurred when someone shot a gun from within the Orchid into the street, injuring a man named Jacion Pope.
Because of the circumstances surrounding the shooting, the Denver Department of Excise & Licenses issued a show-cause order on February 28 requiring the Orchid to testify as to why the club should keep its licenses despite allowing disorderly conduct on the premises…