An argument in a Denver park tragically escalated to violence, leaving one young man dead and a woman seriously injured. Eighteen-year-old Tarell Burton was fatally shot in the Park Hill neighborhood on the evening of March 9, 2016. He was a young father. A 20-year-old woman with him at the time, Bernice Serrano, was also shot multiple times and was hospitalized with what were described as life-threatening and life-changing injuries.
Witnesses reported that the shooting occurred after an
altercation in a park near the intersection of Bruce Randolph Avenue and Cherry Street. Following the incident, police taped off large sections of the park to investigate. The Denver Police Department's gang unit was reportedly on the scene in the aftermath of the shooting. Tarell Burton was pronounced dead at the scene.
Two men were later arrested and formally charged in connection with the deadly shooting. Keon Nixon, 24, and Eli Mayfield, 19, faced charges for their alleged involvement in the incident that cut short the life of the young father.
