Tag: Homicide
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Thornton police seek public assistance in homicide case
Authorities are asking for the public’s help in locating a person of interest identified in a homicide reported Friday. The Thornton Police Department said investigators are seeking information about 35-year-old Joshua Pittman. Police described Pittman as a person of interest and said he is believed to have known the victim in a news release. Authorities…
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Man arrested in Lakewood for allegedly murdering brother in New Mexico
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation announced the arrest of a man suspected of murdering his brother in New Mexico. Jaime Gilbert Martinez, 33, faces first-degree murder and tampering with evidence charges in connection with the homicide of his 31-year-old brother, Elijah Martinez, in Sapello, N.M., according to a Monday news release from CBI. New Mexico…
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Human remains identified as Colorado homicide victim missing for 10 years
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation used genetic genealogy to identify human remains as those of a homicide victim who had been missing for 10 years. The skeletal remains were discovered in May 2024 by a fisherman near a river at the Deer Creek Campground in Park County. The remains were found with clothing and a…
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Denver’s violent crime has dropped — but not everywhere in the city
On April 27, 2022, Garry Arellano, a longtime Denver resident, stepped in to break up a fight between two teen girls. Court documents show the girls had started the fight downtown, but texted each other to continue fighting that night at La Alma-Lincoln Park at 13th Avenue and Osage Street. Arellano, a 63-year-old man described…
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Victim in Tuesday shooting in northeast Denver identified
A man who was shot and killed Tuesday in Denver has been identified. Police responded at about 11:43 a.m. to the 12400 block of East 42nd Avenue near the Interstate 70 exit at Peoria Street on reports of a shooting. There, police found a man suffering from a gunshot wound lying next to a running…
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Man arrested on suspicion of murder in northeast Denver shooting
Denver Police announced Wednesday evening they had arrested a man on suspicion of murder in connection with a homicide the day before. Lavon Wedgeworth, 44, faces a first-degree murder charge over a fatal shooting that took place in the 12400 block of East 42nd Avenue Tuesday, near Interstate 70 exit at Peoria Street, the Denver…
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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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Denver sees 41% homicide rate drop in 2025, largest of major U.S. cities
Denver saw the largest homicide rate decrease of any major U.S. city in 2025, according to a new report from the Council on Criminal Justice. The city’s 41% drop in reported homicides from 2024-2025 ranked No. 1 among data collected from 35 American cities in the report, far ahead of other major cities such as…
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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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Suspect arrested in connection with fatal Highlands neighborhood stabbing
Police announced Wednesday they had arrested a suspect in connection with a fatal stabbing in Denver’s Highlands neighborhood Monday night. Christopher Fielder, 38, faces second-degree murder charges on allegations he fatally stabbed a man in the 4200 block of North Lipan Street just before 10 p.m. Monday, according to a news release from the Denver…