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CityPub site of possible homicide

Cops were called to CityPub, a watering hole at 3575 South Yosemite Street that's a sibling of CityGrille, early Monday morning, on a report of a "large fight." A fight that left one man dead, according to Denver Police spokesman Sonny Jackson. The death is being investigated as a homicide,...
By Patricia Calhoun
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Cops were called to CityPub, a watering hole at 3575 South Yosemite Street that’s a sibling of CityGrille, early Monday morning, on a report of a “large fight.” A fight that left one man dead, according to Denver Police spokesman Sonny Jackson. The death is being investigated as a homicide, as Michael Roberts reported yesterday.

If the report had come in from CityGrille’s neighborhood — that popular bar/restaurant is located at 321 East Colfax Avenue — it wouldn’t have been such a surprise. But South Yosemite?

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12’s public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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