Shooting
From the evening of May 7 until the early morning of May 8 (Mother's Day), 2005, Denver Police Detectives Donnie Young and John Bishop were working off-duty providing security at the Solano Ocampo Hall. The hall was hosting an invitation-only baptismal party. On the evening of May 7, Young and Bishop escorted Raúl Gómez-García out of the hall. Gómez-García returned about 1 a.m., approached both detectives from behind, and shot Donnie Young three times, including one shot to the head. Gómez-García also shot John Bishop once in the chest, but Bishop was not killed due to his bulletproof vest.
Raúl Gómez-García, a.k.a. Raúl García-Gómez, was an illegal immigrant working at the "Cherry Cricket," a restaurant owned by the then Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper. Gómez-García used forged identification to obtain a job as a dishwasher. (According to Bay Buchanan, when asked whether he bore any responsibility for Gómez-García's presence in Denver, Hickenlooper replied "That buck doesn't stop here!")
Prior to the shooting, Gómez-García had been stopped three times for traffic violations. Gómez-García fled to his native Mexico where he was arrested June 4, 2005.
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