 This concerns Denver police case number 2002 18178 the cold case homicide that happened on April 20th of 2002 and the victim being a Rodney Tate. Rodney was shot several times. He was pronounced deceased on scene. Rodney was a big guy he was tall like he had his dad his height he was six three two hundred and sixty five pound and I always call him my teddy bear. You know how you have your sibling rivalries we fought we we fight and he'd follow me like stop following me we just got into a fight but you know we still had fun. Little Rodney was he was very he was very generous you had no fighter or nothing he was you know a very giving guy you know he was growing up growing up just going up in the neighborhood. On April 20th 2002 just prior to 6 20 at night Rodney Tate was a passenger in a Chevy Blazer driving eastbound here on MLK. At approximately Niagara the suspect vehicle pulls up alongside the victim's car and begins firing shots into the victim's car. The shooting continues as the victim's car is going eastbound. The victim's car takes a left turn in between this tree and the evergreen cutting northbound. It's going to cut across MLK to the second house here on the left. This is where the first 911 call comes in of the shooting and where responding officers and paramedics find the victim deceased in the car and the other victim of the shooting. He had just left my house on that particular day. I'm like hey see you later nephew you know and you're just another typical you know goodbyes you know. At 5 30 I got a call and she told me Rodney's been shot. And I couldn't believe it. I was like well this can't be. He just pulled out my alley. I don't even think I put shoes on. We were out of there so fast. When I got there and I saw the yellow tape I knew when I saw the yellow tape someone's life had been taken and I was hoping that it wasn't Rodney's life and as it continued on throughout the night couldn't find out that it was Rodney's life that had gotten taken. That was the scene was still sitting in the truck. When I got there and when I went to go up to the truck they wouldn't let me go up to the truck. So that was the day his life was taken. Further investigation led detectives to understand that there was a altercation approximately 15 minutes to 30 minutes prior to the shooting at 34th and Colorado. Two groups the victim's vehicle and the suspect's vehicle were involved in an altercation at the McDonald's. There was a verbal altercation there was no description of any weapons displayed or a physical altercation of any sort. You hear one minute next to you you're gone so I would say to anyone that knows anything about Rodney Tate's murder to please come forward say something because you never know when it could happen to your family. You know nothing's gonna bring him back but you know somebody need to pay for it. There are people out there on this case in Rodney Tate's murder who have seen who have heard things that have not come forward. I plead with the communities that are affected by this violence. If you have information please come forward please call Crime Stoppers. I don't ever want to forget. Not ever. As long as I live.