Tag: Aurora Theater Shooting
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Former Aurora officer who responded to theater shooting accused of child sex assault
Michael Hawkins, 55, was arrested earlier this month in Douglas County
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Aurora remembers: Community honors victims of the theater shooting with vigil, procession
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Dozens and dozens of family, friends, first responders and mourners of the 12th anniversary of the Aurora theater shooting gathered at Aurora’s Water Wise Garden to pay tribute to those lost and thank the first responders. Events included a procession and a candlelight vigil near…
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Artists, community members come together to remember Aurora theater shooting 12 years ago
Tessa Fuqua took a stance with one leg out to her side, knelt on the other knee. Orange chalk in hand, she outlined the shape of a monarch butterfly on the concrete path weaving through the 7/20 Foundation’s Reflection Garden. Fuqua, her son Amani Fuqua and dozens of other chalk artists filled the sidewalks in…
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7/20 Foundation to honor anniversary of Aurora theater shooting in weekend events
It’s been 12 years since a gunman opened fire in a midnight screening of “The Dark Knight Rises” at a theater in Aurora. On July 20, 2012, the gunman took 12 lives. Seventy more were injured but survived — and the lives of countless others were upended. Those who died that day were: Jonathan Blunk, 26,…
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Boulder’s interim chief on police reform, Elijah McClain and JonBenet Ramsey
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Stephen Redfearn has been on the scene of some of Colorado’s most high-profile tragedies — Columbine, the Aurora theater shooting, the death of Elijah McClain, and the December 2021 Marshall Fire. “It seemed like if it was going to happen, I was working,” he said in an interview from his second-floor Boulder office Tuesday. As president…
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Aurora foundation makes paper crane wreath for Maine in wake of mass shooting
“I’m reminded of the people who are grieving, who were left behind, and the importance of paying the love forward that was given to us.” Those words drive Heather Dearman, the CEO of the 720 Foundation, which was born in the wake of the Aurora theater shooting to support people and communities healing after mass…
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Gabby Giffords to Denver residents: Gun violence survivors should share story
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To make change, survivors of gun violence need to be able to share their story. That was the message Friday during an event in Denver held by former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords of Arizona, who briefly spoke to survivors of gun violence. “My recovery is daily,” said Giffords, 53. “I have not lost my voice.”…
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Artists, musicians, community come together to remember Aurora theater shooting 11 years later
Chalk muralists, mental health professionals, musicians and community members gathered in Aurora for the annual Reflection Gardens on Tap event, commemorating the anniversary of the 2012 Aurora theater shooting.
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Club Q shooting victims in ‘financial crisis’ call for release of funds
A puckered bullet wound on the underside of Ashtin Gamblin’s bicep leads to a tattoo on her wrist, which says, “I’m fine” — a hideous ode to the physical and psychological injuries experienced in a mass shooting. Gamblin hasn’t worked since she was “bombarded by a gun” while minding the front door of Colorado Springs’ Club…
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Denver police on LoDo shooting: Things could have been done differently
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Police give an update on a shooting in LoDo Sunday involving officers that injured six, and two other recent shootings involving officers. { “@context”: “https://schema.org”, “@type”: “VideoObject”, “name”: “Press Conference: DPD addresses weekend shooting”, “description”: “Denver Police give an update on a shooting in…