The shooting deaths of three people in the span of a week, including a man walking his dog and two people at an Easter picnic in a public park, have rattled the north Denver neighborhoods of Five Points and Cole, leading to calls for a community meeting and increased police presence.
“This is heartbreaking,” Denver City Councilman Darrell Watson said in an interview Wednesday. “Within seven days, three community members have lost their lives to senseless violence that was a direct impact of gun violence within our communities.”
Watson has scheduled a meeting Thursday night so people can come together to “offer condolences,” support each other and learn what the Denver Police Department is doing to increase safety. In multiple conversations over the past week, Watson said residents have asked for heightened police patrols and answers to why the shootings happened…