November 29,
2004
Contact: Lynn
Kimbrough, 720-913-9025
Man charged with shooting of
bartender at Sebastian Grill
Denver District Attorney Bill
Ritter, Jr. has formally charged a man last Friday in connection
with the shooting of a bartender at the Sebastian Grill in
Downtown Denver.
William Davenport III
(DOB: 12-16-75) is charged
with first-degree murder after deliberation (F1) and four
counts of attempted first-degree murder (F2).
On November 8, 2004 at
approximately 2:00 a.m.
the Denver Police Department was dispatched to Sebastian’s Grill
at 102 S. Broadway on a shooting. Earlier in the evening,
Desiderio Rodriguez, a bartender, broke up a fight and asked
several people to leave. The charges allege that after the bar
closed, one of the men returned, shooting Desiderio several
times.
Davenport will be advised of the
charges on November 30, 2004 at 9:00 a.m. in Denver District
Courtroom 12T.
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