DENVER — The Denver Police Department (DPD) was investigating a shooting in which a man died on Saturday night.
According to DPD, officers learned of the shooting at Loretto Heights Park near West Amherst Avenue and South Irving Street just before 8 p.m. DPD said the victim was taken to Swedish Hospital, where he was later pronounced deceased.
The Denver Office of the Medical Examiner identified the victim as 20-year-old Yzeed Sayyaheen.
Sayyaheen's cause of death was from multiple gunshot wounds, and his death has been ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner's office.
Investigators were still determining the circumstances of the shooting, DPD said, and no information about any possible suspects has been released.
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