DENVER — The Denver Police Department (DPD) is investigating a homicide that left a man dead early Saturday morning.
At about 7:06 a.m., DPD tweeted about a death investigation near West 10th Avenue and Newton Street. Police later updated information that the death investigation was now a homicide and a man was in custody, according to police.
The victim was assaulted and struck by a vehicle, police said in the tweet. The suspect drove away and was later taken into custody on the ramp from Interstate 70 to Interstate 25, police said.
The Denver Medical Examiner's Office identified the man killed as 82-year-old Franklin Ortiz.
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