Denver Man Charged in Armed Carjacking and Firearm Offenses

DENVER – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that a grand jury has returned an indictment charging Dhal Buk, 18, with carjacking, using a machine gun during and in relation to a crime of violence, and unlawful possession of a machine gun.

According to the criminal complaint, in the early morning of June 25, 2025, a group of individuals approached a man seated in his car in the Montbello neighborhood, pointed a gun at him, and told him to get out of his car. Fearing for his life, the man got out of the car. The group got into the car and drove away. Buk was later identified as the individual who pointed the gun at the victim, demanded he exit the vehicle, and got into the driver’s seat. After driving off in the stolen car and colliding with another vehicle in the parking lot, Buk and his accomplices abandoned it and fled on foot.

That same morning, Denver law enforcement officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert of six rounds of fully automatic gunfire in a nearby park. Officers arrived at the park and detained a juvenile accomplice. Officers also arrested Buk after a foot chase. Officers recovered a modified Glock 9mm semi-automatic handgun from the scene of the chase. The Glock handgun was equipped with an extended magazine with multiple live rounds. Investigators confirmed the Glock handgun had been altered to fire automatically and was capable of firing multiple rounds with a single trigger pull.

The charges contained in the indictment are allegations and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

The case is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Denver Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force. The prosecution is being handled by Assistant United States Attorney Brian Dunn.

Case Number: 1:25-cr-00237-DDD