Tag: Fatal Shooting
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Police arrest 17-year-old in connection with fatal weekend shooting
The Adams County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday arrested a teenager in connection with a shooting that took place a few days earlier. The suspect, 17, is suspected of killing one person and injuring three others in an overnight shooting on Sunday, according to a news release from the Adams County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies first responded…
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One dead, three arrested after break-in leads to Thornton shooting
One person is dead and three others were arrested after an attempted break-in led to an early Wednesday morning shooting in Thornton. Police first responded to the scene of what they are calling a homicide just after 4:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 9600 block of Huron Street, according to a Wednesday morning news release from…
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Lakewood man sentenced to 48 years in drunken murder retrial after appeal
A Lakewood man was sentenced to 48 years in prison Tuesday after a Weld County jury convicted him of second-degree murder for the second time. Kenneth Hoschouer, 45, was found guilty in December of murdering Christopher Grau, who was dating Hoschourer’s daughter, on July 5, 2019, according to a Tuesday news release from the 19th…
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Man found shot dead near Westminster’s Wolff Run Park, police seeking help
Police are asking Westminster residents for help after they found a man shot dead in a parking lot near Wolff Run Park Saturday morning. Officers responding to a welfare check in the 4700 block of West 76th Avenue around 7 a.m. Saturday found a man in his late 20s lying face down in a parking…
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Jared Polis calls Minnesota ICE shooting ‘deeply disturbing,’ wants full investigation
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday characterized a fatal shooting involving federal immigration agents in Minnesota that took the life of a mother from Colorado as “deeply disturbing” and called for a full investigation. The shooting, captured on video in a snowy Minneapolis neighborhood, took the life of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good, who The Denver…
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Victims identified in Aurora Christmas Eve shooting
Victims of a Christmas Eve mass shooting at an Aurora apartment complex that killed two and hospitalized three more have been identified, but no arrests have been made. Aurora Police Department officials said Friday no arrests have been made and no updates are available in the Dec. 24 shooting at the Augusta Apartments, off the…
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3 officers found justified in 2024 shooting of suicidal, hatchet-wielding man
Three Adams County Sheriff’s Office deputies were found justified Tuesday in the 2024 shooting of a man who charged at them while carrying a hatchet. Deputies Eric Dobitz, Brandon Reinhardt and Claudio Hernandez face no criminal charges for shooting and killing Micah McCartney during a suicidal welfare check on Nov. 30, 2024, according to a…
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Woman fatally shot in Aurora Tuesday evening, suspect at large
A woman died in the hospital Wednesday after she was shot in a south Aurora parking lot Tuesday evening. The suspect of the shooting, who remains at large, is described as a man riding a bicycle while wearing red sweatpants and a black jacket, according to a news release from the Aurora Police Department. Officers…
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One dead, one hospitalized after self-defense shooting in Weld County
One person was shot dead and the shooter, his neighbor, was hospitalized after a Weld County home break in overnight Tuesday. Officials first responded to a residence in the 4200 block of Grand Teton Road just before 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to a post from the Weld County Sheriff’s Office on social media. Upon arrival,…
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One dead, suspect released after shooting in Westminster Tuesday night
A man died in the hospital and a suspect was released from custody after a shooting in Westminster Tuesday night. The shooting, which took place at a motel near the intersection of 120th Avenue and Melody Drive around 10 p.m. Tuesday, began when two men started fighting with one another, according to a Wednesday social…