Tag: Lodo
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Denver police arrest two brothers in connection with Monday LoDo shooting
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver police arrested a pair of brothers in connection with a shooting in LoDo Monday evening. Joseph Valdez, 18, and Randall Valdez, 22, were taken into custody hours after the incident on suspicion of several charges, including attempted first degree murder and felony menacing, according…
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Denver police arrest suspect in four-victim LoDo shooting
Denver Police Department officers arrested a man wanted in connection with a Lower Downtown (LoDo) shooting near Coors Field that sent four to the hospital in early May. Carlos Lujan, 25, was arrested by police on suspicion of four counts of attempted first-degree murder for the shooting that occurred in the area of 19th and…
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Denver Nuggets championship suspect pleads guilty
One of three suspects in the downtown Denver shooting that left nine bystanders injured pleaded guilty Friday in a district courtroom. Ricardo Vasquez, now 24, pleaded guilty to one count of attempted murder — which was amended to include all four victims he injured — a drug charge of possession with intent to distribute and a crime of…
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Denver officer cleared in non-fatal LoDo shooting
Luis Hansell Villar-Mejia, 24, was shot and injured while holding a handgun on Aug. 3.
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El Chapultepec to be torn down, sparking fight for historic landmark status
The downtown building once home to Denver’s iconic jazz bar El Chapultepec — also known as “The Pec” — is set to be demolished, its owner Monfort Companies confirmed Tuesday. In its place will be an outdoor courtyard aimed to help transform the neighborhood near Coors Field into an nationally-recognized entertainment district, said Executive Vice President…
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Cherry picking: Cherry Creek draws employers from Denver downtown
In a year when downtown Denver office vacancy rates have staggered upward past 30% and with only a single new downtown office project in the pipeline, area commercial developers and brokers should be in a grim mood. But they’re not and Cherry Creek is much of the reason why. “It’s a hot place to be…
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Teen accused of LoDo mass shooting to be charged as an adult
Keanna Rosenburgh is accused of injuring 5 people in the shooting outside of Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row
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LoDo hotspots shut down to traffic for Halloween weekend
In response to concerns from downtown neighborhoods and businesses to the possibility of Halloween street party madness, Denver police are temporarily closing two blocks of LoDo, which have been a hot spot for violence. Vehicle traffic will be non-existent on Market Street between 19th and 20th Streets and Larimer Street between 20th and 21st Streets from 10 p.m. to…
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Teen girl suspected of shooting 5 people in LoDo last month arrested in California
The 17-year-old who was on the run for over a month after shooting five people outside of a lower downtown Denver bar was arrested in Barstow, California on Thursday. Denver Police Fugitive Unit investigators apprehended Keanna Rosenburgh with the help of tips from the community and after further investigation and surveillance. The suspect is in juvenile detention…