Tag: Gun
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Denver police shot two men holding non-lethal guns in span of days
Over the span of a few days at the end of last month, Denver Police Department officers shot two men holding non-lethal guns. Both suspects in the officer-involved shootings on Aug. 22 and 25, respectively, possessed guns police thought were “real” but turned out not to be, Denver police officials said at a news conference…
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One man dead, two hospitalized after Lakewood shooting Wednesday morning
One man is dead and two more are hospitalized after a shooting in Lakewood early Wednesday morning. At around 1:20 A.M., Lakewood Police Department officers were called to the Windrift Apartments at 1490 S. Reed St. for multiple reports of gunfire. When officers arrived they found one adult male dead in the parking lot, and…
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First-degree murder charges filed against Aurora twin stabbing suspect
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The 17th Judicial District Attorney filed first-degree murder charges against a man accused of stabbing two people in Aurora in June. Rick Roybal-Smith, 38, has been charged for fatally stabbing two homeless men on the street in Aurora within a few hours of each other…
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17th Judicial District Attorney finds Thornton officer justified in October shooting
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Seventeenth Judicial District Attorney Brian Mason found a Thornton police officer justified in the October fatal shooting of a man involved in a standoff with police. Thornton Police Department Ofc. Robert Smedley shot and killed William Skells at the end of a prolonged shootout that…
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Man sustains life-threatening injuries after Aurora shooting Friday night
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A shooting in Aurora seriously injured a man on Friday night. The man, who was shot at 11:21 p.m. in the parking lot of the 300 block of S. Ironton Street in Aurora, was driven to the hospital after the incident, according to a news…
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Police shooting in Denver sends man to hospital
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One person ended up in the hospital with a gunshot wound fired by a Denver Police Department officer late Tuesday as police investigated an illegal fireworks call. The incident began just before 9 p.m. Tuesday, when two officers were patrolling the 4300 block of North…
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‘I just feel really scared’: daughter of Aurora woman hit by stray bullet hopes to leave state
Aliyah Smith and her sister Ariyonna were out swimming in the pool with friends last week when Aliyah checked her phone to find missed calls from her mother, Danielle. Worried, she checked her mom’s location — only to find that she was at the hospital. “It really made me worry because she does have health…
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Man dead after police shooting in front of Denver school
A man is dead and a woman is on the run after a police shooting in front of a Denver middle school Monday night. The incident, which occurred in the 900 block of South Hazel Court, began at about 10:30 p.m. Monday, when a caller notified police of two individuals near the front of a…
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Police: man arrested after argument led to fatal Blake Street shooting Saturday
Denver police announced the arrest of a man in connection with a fatal shooting on Blake Street Saturday night. Deonte Minyard, 34, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder in connection with a man being shot in the head in the 2200 block of Blake Street just before midnight Saturday, according to a news release…
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Federal judge upholds Colorado law increasing gun purchasing age
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Thursday upheld a 2023 Colorado law generally increasing the age to purchase firearms, after the challengers acknowledged a recent federal appeals court decision dictated the outcome. Senate Bill 169 created a misdemeanor offense for those who sell guns to people younger than…