Tag: Shooting
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1 hospitalized after police shooting in Wheat Ridge
One person was hospitalized Saturday after a police shooting and ensuing chase in Wheat Ridge. Edgewater Police have not provided many details about the shooting so far, but did say in a Saturday social media post that the incident began in Edgewater and made its way into northern Wheat Ridge. The suspect was hospitalized as…
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Police arrest second suspect in connection with Wolff Run Park shooting
Police arrested a second suspect in connection with a fatal shooting at Westminster’s Wolff Run Park last weekend. Charity Johnson, 35, faces first-degree murder charges after police connected her to the fatal shooting of a man in the parking lot of the park, located in the 4700 block of West 76th Avenue, that took place…
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Adams County deputy who was shot in stable condition, another man dies in hospital
An Adams County Sheriff’s Office deputy is stable — though likely still in critical condition, as he remains in the intensive care unit — while a man died after both suffered gunshot wounds from what appeared to be a shootout at an apartment complex on Friday morning, officials said. During a news briefing on Friday…
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Police arrest 17-year-old in connection with fatal weekend shooting
The Adams County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday arrested a teenager in connection with a shooting that took place a few days earlier. The suspect, 17, is suspected of killing one person and injuring three others in an overnight shooting on Sunday, according to a news release from the Adams County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies first responded…
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One dead, three arrested after break-in leads to Thornton shooting
One person is dead and three others were arrested after an attempted break-in led to an early Wednesday morning shooting in Thornton. Police first responded to the scene of what they are calling a homicide just after 4:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 9600 block of Huron Street, according to a Wednesday morning news release from…
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Lakewood man sentenced to 48 years in drunken murder retrial after appeal
A Lakewood man was sentenced to 48 years in prison Tuesday after a Weld County jury convicted him of second-degree murder for the second time. Kenneth Hoschouer, 45, was found guilty in December of murdering Christopher Grau, who was dating Hoschourer’s daughter, on July 5, 2019, according to a Tuesday news release from the 19th…
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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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Victims identified in Aurora Christmas Eve shooting
Victims of a Christmas Eve mass shooting at an Aurora apartment complex that killed two and hospitalized three more have been identified, but no arrests have been made. Aurora Police Department officials said Friday no arrests have been made and no updates are available in the Dec. 24 shooting at the Augusta Apartments, off the…
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3 officers found justified in 2024 shooting of suicidal, hatchet-wielding man
Three Adams County Sheriff’s Office deputies were found justified Tuesday in the 2024 shooting of a man who charged at them while carrying a hatchet. Deputies Eric Dobitz, Brandon Reinhardt and Claudio Hernandez face no criminal charges for shooting and killing Micah McCartney during a suicidal welfare check on Nov. 30, 2024, according to a…
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No suspects arrested in Aurora Christmas Eve shooting
Investigations into the Aurora Christmas Eve mass shooting continued Friday, with no arrests made, according to police. The Aurora Police Department began investigating the shooting — two victims were killed and three others injured — around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to a previous news release from the department. Officers responded to the August Apartments complex…