In the spring of 2018, a burst of gunfire shattered the late-night quiet of Denver's Five Points neighborhood, leaving a young man's life cut tragically short. Jekylis Garnell Ross-Henderson, a 26-year-old male known to his loved ones as 'BamBam,' was fatally wounded on the evening of April 30th. The incident, which also left another man injured, unfolded in the 800 block of East 20th Avenue, near Clarkson Street, a little before 11:30 p.m.
When the shots ceased, Ross-Henderson and the other victim were rushed to a nearby hospital, but Ross-Henderson could not be saved.
In the days that followed, the Denver Police Department began a homicide investigation, initially seeking information about a white Chevy Trailblazer that may have been connected to the shooting. A $2,000 reward was offered for information leading to an arrest. The investigation pressed on for months, culminating in the identification and charging of three suspects in September of that year.
The three men accused of the murder were Vincent Harper, 29, Joshua Cunningham, 20, and Clemente Roberts, 19. They each faced a string of serious charges, including first-degree murder after deliberation, first-degree murder with extreme indifference, attempted first-degree murder, and second-degree assault with a deadly weapon. At the time the warrants were issued, Cunningham and Roberts were already incarcerated in the Arapahoe County jail on unrelated charges. Harper was arrested by Denver police on September 19, 2018. Due to the arrest affidavits for all three men being sealed, further details about the motive and the specific events leading up to the fatal encounter were not made publicly available at the time of their arrests.
