In 1898, Dr. Charles David Spivak, a noted Russian immigrant, physician and genealogist, established the Jewish Consumptives Relief Society to treat tuberculosis victims on a 105-acre (0.42km2) campus in today's 6400 block of the road. "roared east along Colfax and out to the Kansas plains" this was before the An off-duty Denver police officer driving an unmarked police vehicle hit and killed a 70-year-old man on Feb. 21 who was walking across University Boulevard just outside of Denver. View Flyer . West Colfax is in Denver County. via Denver ChannelPamela Cabriales A Denver gang member gave a 14-year-old boy permission to shoot at a woman with an AR-15-style rifle after a fender-bender on West Colfax Avenue two years ago, prosecutors alleged during the opening of the older man's murder trial Tuesday. grave (a monument) was inscribed with one of his poems and a photograph #DPD Officers on scene at E Colfax Ave and N Clermont St on a shooting, an adult male was. //-->