Greater than 100 individuals marched Friday afternoon in 90-degree warmth on parking-lot blacktop exterior the Jefferson County District Legal professional’s Workplace, chanting, carrying indicators and demanding justice for a younger man — a father of two — who was shot useless in Edgewater.
Adam Michael Fresquez, 33, was fatally shot Could 3 within the Edgewater Public Market car parking zone close to a Tesla charging station. No expenses have been filed within the case, though authorities have interviewed the person who shot Fresquez.
Police beforehand stated each males had been driving Teslas and obtained right into a combat on the charging station previous to the capturing, an altercation they stated may have stemmed from a road-rage incident.
Members of the family, associates, group supporters, seniors and kids gathered in Golden to demand accountability within the case.
“We’re searching for justice and we wish some solutions,” stated Juan Mendez, Fresquez’s father.
“We don’t perceive how he was launched two hours after capturing Adam in a car parking zone and leaving him there to die,” stated Lena Mendez, his mom.
The suspected shooter, who has not been publicly recognized, left the scene of the incident and referred to as 911. He was interviewed by Edgewater police and launched.
“This has been horrible,” Lena Mendez stated. “It’s the worst factor a mom can have occur.”
Members of the family stated Friday that with no felony expenses, they’ve been struggling, looking for solutions from police and prosecutors with little to no cooperation from authorities.
“We’ve not had time to mourn,” Lena Mendez stated. “We would like solutions.”
Alexander Landau, of the Denver Justice Mission, an organizer of the rally, described the police investigation as “extremely drawn out” and that there’s “disparity… based mostly on race.”
“We are attempting to get accountability for the homicide of a cherished one, a younger man, a group member,” Landau stated.
Many individuals within the crowd wore white T-shirts with black lettering spelling out: Justice 4 Adam. They carried indicators and chanted slogans.
At one level, Landau, together with Juan and Lena Mendez, entered the foyer of the DA’s workplace and requested to satisfy with District Legal professional Alexis King. After ready a number of minutes, a safety officer opened a locked door and instructed the trio that King was not within the constructing.
“It’s essential to make clear that this case has not been offered to our workplace for expenses,” Brionna Boatright, a spokesperson for King, stated in an emailed assertion. “We have now been assured by the Edgewater Police Division that they’re actively investigating Mr. Fresquez’s dying and, due to this fact, any determination or motion from our workplace at this level could be untimely.”
The Edgewater Police Division didn’t reply Friday to a request for remark from JHB.
The Denver-Aurora Community Action Committee, amongst rally organizers and household supporters, is looking for an arrest, indictment and transparency by police and prosecutors within the case. The group additionally requires an “exterior investigation” into Edgewater police’s dealing with of the case, in addition to the creation of a Civilian Police Accountability Council over the division.
Landau challenged King to “do her job” and to push police in presenting their investigation.
Crystal Fresquez, Adam’s sister, instructed the gathered crowd that her household has been by way of three months of “full hell” because the capturing.
“When will we get to grieve? When will we get to mourn?” she requested.
“Actually, it’s (expletive) we’re having to cope with this” lack of transparency and no arrest, she stated. “We have now to march and beg for them to arrest this man.”