Tag: Denver Police
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Denver police say man killed by officers was armed with BB gun
Denver police on Wednesday released body camera and drone footage from a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred last week. The man killed, identified by police as Joseph Frank Martinez, 58, was armed with a BB gun at the time of the shooting, police said at a news conference. Denver Police Department Major Crimes Division Commander…
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Series of violent incidents in 24-hour period rock metro Denver area
The Denver area saw a string of violent death events stretching from Thursday to early Friday morning. Denver police investigated two shootings in the downtown area, one of which was fatal. The two shootings happened roughly an hour apart and a mile from each other. Aurora police officers also fatally shot a man after he…
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1 hospitalized in Denver police shooting near Dry Gulch Park
One person was injured and hospitalized in a police shooting near Lakewood / Dry Gulch Park in west Denver on Tuesday evening. The suspect, a man, was armed with a rifle-type gun and threatened a responding officer with it while hiding in an alleyway in the area of 1000 South Quitman Street, Denver Police Department…
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Denver police writing speeding tickets again as traffic deaths climb under Vision Zero
There’s a memo out to anyone grown accustomed to running red lights or cruising the freeway at 20 miles per hour over the posted limit. They’re back. Denver police officers are writing traffic tickets again, and for some road stretches, the city is prepping fixed cameras to capture speeders in the act. Court records provided…
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Man fatally shot in northeast Denver, police said
A man was shot and killed in northeast Denver, police said Tuesday. According to an X post from the Denver Police Department, an adult male suffering from a gunshot wound was found in the 12400 block of East 42nd Avenue. He was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police said the homicide…
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Three stabbings reported in Denver on Tuesday, police say
Denver police are investigating three separate stabbings that occurred Tuesday morning. According to police, the first stabbing was reported at 12:18 a.m. in the 3600 block of South Monaco Street Parkway, the second was reported at about 6:06 a.m. in the 1900 block of North Logan Street and the third was reported at about 7:48…
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Denver Police arrest man, 20, in fatal Maple Avenue house party fight, shooting
Denver Police Department announced an arrest Tuesday in connection with a shooting a few weeks prior, during which one person was killed and another injured. Yeanbraiker Yriarte-Valera, 20, faces a first-degree murder charge after he allegedly shot and killed a man around 5 a.m. Feb. 14 at a residence in the 1500 block of West…
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Four Denver police officers found justified in October gas station shooting
Four Denver police officers were found justified in using deadly force against an armed robbery suspect in October at a Maverik convenience store. Alec Garcia, Vincent Roldan, Brian Martinez and Marco Nunez were found justified in the Oct. 27, 2025 fatal shooting of Hosea Rashid Moore, 35, who was holding two female employees at gunpoint…
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EDITORIAL: Uncuff Denver’s cops on immigration
Leave it to Denver Mayor Mike Johnston to insist that the city’s sanctuary policies — which restrict local cooperation with federal immigration authorities — actually make the city safer. As The Denver Gazette reported, Colorado’s capital city has signed onto an amicus brief in two federal cases, joining some 140 Democratic cities, counties and elected…
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1 dead, another hospitalized after southwest Denver shooting
One person died and another was hospitalized after shooting in southwest Denver Saturday, Denver Police said. Police first posted on social media at 5:42 a.m. Saturday saying that a man was taken to the hospital with leg injuries after a shooting in the 1500 block of West Maple Avenue. They then followed up that a…