The suspect in a shooting that killed one person and injured another Monday night was not supposed to have a gun.
The Denver Police Department arrested Michael Gawain Jackson in connection to the fatal shooting in Denver's Uptown neighborhood.
Police said the shooting happened around 9:30 p.m. near East 17th Avenue and North Williams Street.
The first victim, a 51-year old rideshare driver, was driving on East 17th Avenue when he was shot and crashed into a tree, police said. The driver was taken to the hospital, where he died, according to DPD. The 20-year-old passenger suffered minor injuries from the crash.
The Denver Medical Examiner's Office identified the rideshare driver as Goitom Hagos.
Investigators don't think Jackson knew the Uber driver or the passenger. The passenger told police the drive home was normal - the driving wasn't erratic and the driver hadn't spoken to anyone.
A 31-year-old security guard who saw the crash stopped to help and was also shot, according to police. The security guard was taken to the hospital and is in critical condition, police said.
Jackson was never supposed to have a gun.
On Aug. 31, he was arrested for felony counts of kidnapping and assault, according to records from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. Court documents say Jackson choked his girlfriend and threatened to kill her. A responding officer said he saw "raw abrasions" on the woman's face and cheek.
The victim told officers she told Jackson that day she wanted to break up with him, and then he placed hands around her throat until she couldn't breathe.
Police arrested Jackson, and he went to court on Sept. 1. A spokesperson for the Denver District Attorney's Office said a court told Jackson to give up any guns he had.
"He signed an affidavit that day indicating he did not have any firearms or ammunition in his immediate possession or subject to his immediate possession or control, and there was no evidence to form a basis for a search of the defendant’s premises," DA's office spokesperson Matthew Jablow said.
No one double-checked to make sure Jackson was telling the truth.
Jablow said all investigations require probable cause to search a defendant's property, and in this case there was no evidence to form a basis for a search.
After the shootings Monday night, Jackson threatened the partner of the security guard, who was still inside a vehicle, and drove away from the scene in the security guard's car, police said.
Officers contacted the security company and got the GPS location of the stolen vehicle. Officers found the car parked in the 1300 block of Broadway, DPD said. According to police, Jackson started driving away and officers used a Pursuit Intervention Technique (PIT) maneuver and took Jackson into custody.
Police found two firearms inside the car. One of the guns was believed to be a handgun Jackson allegedly stole from the security guard after the shooting, police said.
According to court documents, Jackson told a detective he had been drinking alcohol and doesn't remember shooting anyone.
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