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CHARGES
FILED IN WEEKEND MURDER
February
6, 2002
Contact:
Lynn Kimbrough, 720-913-9025
Denver District
Attorney Bill Ritter Jr. filed formal charges today in
connection with the murder of Lewis Morris (DOB: 4-18-79) last
Saturday night, February 2, 2002.
20-year-old Bryson
Knight (DOB: 1-16-82) is charged with first degree murder
(F1).
Denver police
responded to the 21000 block of East 45th Avenue on
February 2, 2002 on a report of a shooting. They found the
victim lying in the doorway of a home with a gunshot wound to
his neck. He was taken to University Hospital but did not
survive.
Police developed
information about an altercation between the victim and another
man and later identified Knight as the suspect in the murder.
Further investigation located Knight in Oklahoma where he is
currently in the custody of the Logan County (OK) Sheriff's
Department pending extradition.
*The filing of a criminal charge is merely
a formal accusation that an individual(s) committed a crime(s)
under Colorado laws. A defendant is presumed innocent until
and unless proven guilty. See Colo. RPC 3.6
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