Highlands Ranch Main Event shooting suspect requests change of venue
The suspect in a February shooting at a crowded Highlands Ranch entertainment center appeared via video conference in Douglas County court on Monday and requested her trial be conducted elsewhere because of pre-trial publicity.
Nevaeha Crowley-Sanders, 23, of Denver, is suspected to be involved in a shooting at the Highlands Ranch Main Event on Feb. 8, when she is alleged to have fired several rounds inside the crowded arcade/bowling alley and wounding a woman.
On Monday, Crowley-Sanders appeared before a judge via video conference.
In May, Crowley-Sanders and her attorneys successfully reduced her bond from $1 million to $100,000. At the time, prosecutors argued the defendant allegedly opened fire inside a public venue, threatening public safety.
Crowly-Sanders’ defense attorneys’ motion to change the venue for trial because they think pre-trial publicity will prevent a fair trail was postponed to Feb. 23, so the judge can review the suspect’s mental health evaluation, according to 23rd Judicial District officials.
CHAOS UNFOLDS INSIDE, OUTSIDE MAIN EVENT
As previously reported, at around 11:47 p.m. on Feb. 8, a suspect fired several shots inside the Main Event, a Highlands Ranch entertainment center with bowling, pool and an arcade.
Meanwhile, outside, a Douglas County Sheriff’s Office deputy encountered Jalin Seabron, 23, who allegedly wielded and pointed a firearm at a crowd of people running out of the arcade, prompting the deputy to fatally shoot Seabron several times in the back. 23rd Judicial District attorneys previously ruled the deputy opening fire constituted justified use of deadly force.
Inside the building, Crowley-Sanders was seen entering the women’s bathroom along with Niyonii Crowley-Sanders, 21, where a fight ensued between the 23-year-old and a former high school classmate, according to witnesses cited in arrest affidavits.
During the fight, Crowley-Sanders dropped a gun out of her purse, then pointed it and shot towards several women in the bathroom, hitting a purse one woman was carrying, before leaving and firing more rounds in the crowded entertainment venue and shooting another woman, according to the arrest documents.
Employees watched bullets punch through the office’s walls, which was next to the bathroom, according to the documents.
One affidavit detailed there were more than 60 customers inside the entertainment center and many were seen running away from gunfire, some onto bowling lanes. Some hid under tables. Crowley-Sanders allegedly shot in “various directions of people running away from the gunshots,” the affidavit said.
Some bullets had penetrated the drywall between where patrons were sitting in a restaurant, authorities added.
The woman who was shot sustained three gunshot wounds to the leg and another to the back.




