DENVER (KDVR) — The Denver Police Department is asking the public for "assistance" in solving a 2020 homicide case.

Saturday marks five years since Mar-Shun Cox, 29, was shot and killed outside of an apartment complex in the 1400 block of East 31st Ave. on Sept. 6, 2020.

"Your Denver Police Department needs assistance solving this homicide case," said DPD in a post to Facebook on Saturday.

A detective on the case, Mark Crider, told FOX31 in April 2023 that police believed Cox had been confronted in the parking lot by "unknown people." Cox was then shot in the parking lot while trying to run from the area.

The detective previously noted that the deadly shooting was believed to be targeted and that two or more suspects were involved in the incident.

“We’ve run down our leads, our forens

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