Tag: Mass Shootings
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I’ve covered 7 mass shootings. These are the memories that haunt me.
Columbine High School. Platte Canyon High School. Virginia Tech. Deer Creek Middle School. Aurora movie theater. Arapahoe High School. Santa Fe High School. Former ProPublica reporter Jenny Deam reflects on covering them all.
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Colorado mass shootings have increased 800% in the last decade
Colorado has seen a marked increase in mass shootings over the past five years
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Aurora foundation makes paper crane wreath for Maine in wake of mass shooting
“I’m reminded of the people who are grieving, who were left behind, and the importance of paying the love forward that was given to us.” Those words drive Heather Dearman, the CEO of the 720 Foundation, which was born in the wake of the Aurora theater shooting to support people and communities healing after mass…
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Man accused of King Soopers mass shooting scheduled for late September hearing on competency
The man accused of 2021’s mass shooting in Boulder will have a two-day hearing on Sept. 27 and 28 to determine if he has the mental capacity to stand trial. Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 24, was previously ruled incompetent to face the case against him since late 2021. He has undergone treatment, including forced medication,…
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Club Q attack: What we know and don’t know
A week and a half after Colorado Springs’ Club Q shooting, many rumors and hundreds of local and national media reports can be confusing. The Colorado Springs and Denver Gazettes have compiled the most up-to-date, factual information on the Nov. 19-20 attack on Club Q. The following information was compiled through police reports, court appearances,…
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Club Q victims’ funeral details announced
Instead of celebrating the holidays, families of five loved ones who were killed in the Club Q shooting are planning funerals. The tributes are as different as the lives of those who died Nov. 19-20 around midnight. Two of the memorials are happening outside of Colorado, one is open to anyone who wants to attend…
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How sealed criminal records in Colorado may be released to the public
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New footage obtained by The Gazette shows events during a 2021 bomb threat that lead to the arrest of 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, whose name and age match that of the suspect arrested in Saturday’s Club Q shooting. In this screen recording provided by the owner of the house where Aldrich’s mother lived at the…
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NEWS | Facebook live video shows events during 2021 bomb threat incident
New footage obtained by The Gazette shows events during a 2021 bomb threat that lead to the arrest of 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, whose name and age match that of the suspect arrested in Saturday’s Club Q shooting. In this screen recording provided by the owner of the house where Aldrich’s mother lived at the…
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Four shootings involving police unnerve metro Denver
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Four shootings involving the police in four days across metro Denver left two suspects dead, two hospitalized and a Denver officer with gunshot wounds. But little new information has been released by authorities since the first shooting Thursday night in Broomfield. Neither of the two suspects killed by officers has been identified. A new group,…
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Rocky Mountain Gun Owners sues Superior over new gun control laws
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado-based Rocky Mountain Gun Owners association is suing the town of Superior over new gun control laws that ban semi-automatic rifles, arguing last month’s U.S. Supreme Court decision gave gun rights groups munition to dismantle “unconstitutional” gun restrictions. Rocky Mountain Gun Owners filed the lawsuit…