On Friday, a spokeswoman for the Denver District Attorney’s Office said that a child who is 16 years old has been charged as an adult in connection with a shooting that occurred earlier this month on the 16th Street Mall. The incident resulted in three fatalities.
Cyrus Haggard is facing a total of thirteen counts of criminal offense. Among the other accusations that have been brought against him are assault, threatening, and possession of a pistol by a juvenile.
An incident of gunfire took place on August 13 at around 5:30 p.m. in the vicinity of 16th and Wynkoop streets in the central business district of Denver.
They were all male victims, and they were all sent to the hospital. According to the police, one of the victims was in serious condition, while the other two victims had injuries that were not considered to be life-threatening.
According to the investigators, a group of individuals, which included the suspect, “approached one of the victims for an unknown reason.”
“After a brief struggle, the suspect fired shots, striking the first victim as well as two additional unrelated individuals who were behind him,” police said to reporters.
On August 29, Haggard is scheduled to appear in court for an advisory hearing.