On a summer evening in Denver, what began as a night out for a group of friends ended in tragedy. Eighteen-year-old Marlon Horton, a Black male, was with three friends on July 5, 2002, for Teen Night at a nightclub called the Roxy, located in the area of 25th and Welton Streets. As they made their way through the parking lot, a vehicle passed by, and an argument broke out between the people in the car and Horton's group.
The verbal confrontation quickly escalated to gunfire. Shots were fi
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