DENVER — An FBI tipster led to the arrest of a double homicide suspect wanted in connection with a 2023 Denver bar shooting that left two people dead and two people wounded, FBI Denver announced Saturday.

FBI Denver Safe Streets Task Force and Denver Police arrested Matthew Ladaniel Johnson, 55, Friday night at a north Denver home, the agency said in a news release.

Johnson was wanted for the Dec. 30, 2023, shooting at the Viking Bar on W. Colfax Avenue in Denver amid an argument on the bar's patio.

During that argument, one of the victims punched Johnson, and the suspect allegedly retaliated by pulling out a handgun and shooting and killing Brandon Houston, 41, and Jason Lewis, 38.

The two other shooting victims survived but sustained serious injuries.

Johnson was later identified

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