On a snowy evening in Denver, Colorado, on November 25, 1994, the life of 19-year-old Harry Gregory Jukiewicz, known to his loved ones as Greg, was tragically cut short. A white male, Greg had recently started a new job as a mechanic and was on his way home after collecting his paycheck. He had stopped to clear the snow from his 1964 Plymouth Fury, which was parked on Ulster Street, across from a Wendy's restaurant on East Colfax Avenue, when he was fatally shot.
The promising young man,
a talented musician and a good student at the University of Northern Colorado, was shot at close range in the elbow, torso, and the back of his head. The incident was reported to the authorities when a customer at the nearby Wendy's drive-thru alerted employees to call 911 just minutes after the shooting occurred. His mother tragically learned of her son's death after seeing his car and familiar shoes on a 10 o'clock news teaser before being officially notified.
The investigation into Greg's murder remains an unsolved cold case. The suspects were described as two young Black males, estimated to be around 13 and 17 years old at the time of the incident. A firearm was discovered by children in a nearby park the following day and was turned over to the Aurora police. Although the gun was traced to a drug dealer who was incarcerated at the time, it yielded little evidence as it had been handled by too many people. The Denver Police Department continues to seek information from the public regarding this homicide, but no arrests have ever been made in the case, leaving a lingering sense of injustice and unanswered questions for his family.
