What the records say
- When
- 1997
- Kind
- Murder
- Coordinates
- 39.74° N, 104.98° W
- Description
- 1997 murder in Denver, Colorado, United States
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Placed at the town its description names, Denver.
Murder of Oumar Dia
1997 murder in Denver, Colorado, United States
On November 18, 1997, Oumar Dia a 38-year-old Mauritanian man was approached by white supremacist Nathan Thill at a bus stop and was shot dead. Thill's accomplice, Jeremiah Barnum, also shot and injured witness Jeannie VanVelkenburg, who was left paralyzed after she ran to aid Dia. She committed suicide by overdosing on painkillers in 2002.
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