FBI officials on Thursday increased the reward for information about a man wanted on suspicion of murder in a 2023 shooting at a now-closed Denver bar that killed two people and wounded two others.

The FBI is offering $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Matthew LaDaniel Johnson , who is suspected of two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder as well as one federal count of fleeing prosecution.

Investigators say a fight broke out at The Viking bar, 4888 W. Colfax Ave., between Johnson’s girlfriend and another man about 1:30 a.m. Dec. 20, 2023, when the man punched Johnson and knocked him to the ground.

Johnson pulled out a gun and started shooting at people on the patio, hitting four men. Two of the men, 38-year-old Jason Lewis

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