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Denver Police Arrest Lessie Britton In Deadly Shooting After Racial Slur

DENVER (CBS4)- Denver police have arrested the man wanted in a deadly shooting that apparently happened after a racially-charged argument. Lessie Britton got into a dispute with his neighbor at MLK Boulevard and Monaco on Wednesday night.

Lessie Britton (DPD)
Lessie Britton (credit: Denver Police)

According to Denver police, when the neighbor called Britton a racial slur, Britton shot him in the chest from his car.

The man later died at a hospital.

Police arrested Britton after he pulled up next to a responding officer to tell them what happened. Officers found two guns in his possession.

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