Tag: Gun Violence
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Two more officers involved in Clear Creek’s Christian Glass prosecution resign
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Two more officers charged in the death of Christian Glass have resigned. Randy Williams and Tim Collins, each charged with failing to step in and stop the 2022 officer shooting death of Glass, voluntarily stepped down from the Georgetown Police Department this month. Their exits left the force with only one sworn officer. Williams resigned…
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13-year-old charged with first-degree murder in RTD shooting
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What began as an alleged argument over a passenger’s leg in the aisle of an RTD bus ended with a 13-year-old being arrested on 14 charges, including first-degree murder. Police responded to a shooting around 6:30 p.m. Jan. 27 on an RTD bus in the area of South Federal Boulevard and West Mississippi Avenue. Richard…
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1 person killed in shooting outside Denver aquarium
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The Denver Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting that happened outside of Denver’s aquarium Wednesday afternoon. Police believe the victim, a man, was the intended target of the drive-by shooting. Police said the shooting happened just after 3 p.m. in the area of the Downtown Aquarium at 700 Water Street. The victim was taken…
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Coroner releases autopsies of Colorado Springs children allegedly killed by mother
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Two elementary school children killed in Colorado Springs during late December suffered gunshot wounds and cuts to the neck, autopsies show. Kimberlee Singler is believed by police to have murdered both children on Dec. 18. A GoFundMe to assist the family, including the older surviving sibling is available here. She is awaiting extradition in London,…
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Case of former Greenwood Village police officer charged with teen’s murder in hands of jury
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An Arapahoe County jury on Friday began deliberating the case of a former Greenwood Village Police officer charged with murder in the 2021 shooting death of a 17-year-old boy after a four-day trial. Attorneys delivered their closing statements to jurors in front of a packed gallery. Eighteenth Judicial District Judge Eric White sent jurors home…
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Fort Collins police shoot man accused of threatening stroller-pushing woman
Officers shot an armed man who was threatening a woman with two children near the Colorado State University campus Wednesday afternoon, according to police. Fort Collins Police Services said at around 1:20 p.m., officers were dispatched to a call about a man who had dropped a handgun near the intersection of West Elizabeth Street and…
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Murder trial of former Greenwood Village officer starts Tuesday
The trial of a former Greenwood Village Police officer charged with second-degree murder in the November 2021 shooting death of an Aurora teenager begins Tuesday with jury selection today in the 18th Judicial District. Adam Holen, 38, faces a charge of second-degree murder in the death of Peyton Blitstein, 17 on Thanksgiving Eve 2021. Holen…
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Police: Wheat Ridge carjacking suspect terrorized, shot multiple victims
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By the time the police arrested a 20-year-old man in connection to a suspected “road rage” shooting in Wheat Ridge in November, the suspect’s history of alleged carjacking and armed robbery had stretched over several months, court records show. Keenan Clodfelter faces charges of attempted…
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Man sentenced for fatally shooting Commerce City neighbor, firing at officers and deputies
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A judge sentenced a Commerce City man on Friday to 50 years in prison for the fatal shooting of his neighbor and for firing shots at Commerce City Police officers and Adams County Sheriff’s deputies, according to the 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. Andrew Reineke…
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Defendant testifies as murder trial in death of Arvada officer wraps up
Self-defense or the cold-blooded murder of a police officer doing his job? That’s the choice the jury in the murder trial of Sonny Almanza must make when members begin deliberating Thursday morning. Attorneys for both sides presented their closing statements Wednesday afternoon, after Almanza himself took the stand and said he didn’t realize he’d shot…