Tag: Fatal Shooting
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Aurora police increase reward for 2024 cold fatal shooting case
The Aurora Police Department doubled the reward for information about a 2024 cold case fatal shooting to $4,000 Friday. The suspect in the shooting, which took place outside a convenience store in the 12000 block of East Colfax Avenue around 3:30 a.m. on June 21, 2024, killed 27-year-old Preston Guillory, the department said in a…
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Teen shot dead during argument in central Aurora Friday night
A teenager was fatally shot during an argument with someone he knew in central Aurora Friday night, police said. Police first responded to a shooting report in the 20 block of Lima Street just before 11 p.m. When they arrived, they found a 15-year-old male with apparent gunshot wounds, according to a Saturday news release…
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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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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…
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Denver police found justified in shooting of rod-wielding alleged burglar
Two Denver police officers were found justified in the fatal November shooting of a man suspected of burglarizing a home who approached them with a knife sharpening rod. Officers Michael Vasquez and Whaylen Phares were deemed to have acted in a proper manner in defending themselves against what they perceived to be the immediate threat…
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Arrest affidavit details ambush of Adams County deputy who was shot
The only living suspect in a January shooting of an Adams County Sheriff’s Office deputy gave a conflicting report to investigators about what happened that morning. But evidence shows one man distracted the deputy while the other ambushed him with gunfire. Angel Toledo, 19, faces charges of assault and felony menacing over his involvement in…
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Denver police arrest teen in connection with shooting girl in head
Denver Police Department officers arrested a teenager Wednesday in connection with fatally shooting a girl in the head the day before. Jasirr Simmons, 18, faces first-degree murder charges after he allegedly shot and killed a girl in a bedroom of a residence in the 5500 block of North Tucson Street, according to a news release…
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Police arrest second suspect in connection with Wolff Run Park shooting
Police arrested a second suspect in connection with a fatal shooting at Westminster’s Wolff Run Park last weekend. Charity Johnson, 35, faces first-degree murder charges after police connected her to the fatal shooting of a man in the parking lot of the park, located in the 4700 block of West 76th Avenue, that took place…
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Adams County deputy who was shot in stable condition, another man dies in hospital
An Adams County Sheriff’s Office deputy is stable — though likely still in critical condition, as he remains in the intensive care unit — while a man died after both suffered gunshot wounds from what appeared to be a shootout at an apartment complex on Friday morning, officials said. During a news briefing on Friday…