Tag: Thornton Police Department
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Thornton police officer shoots and kills suspect at Northglenn apartment
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Thornton police officer shot and killed a suspect with multiple arrest warrants at a Northglenn apartment Friday. The shooting occurred in the 300 block of Malley Drive, according to a Northglenn and Thornton Police Departments news release. The area is just east of I-25…
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Police investigating homicide in Thornton field
Thornton police are investigating a homicide after finding an adult male dead with gunshot wounds in an open field, according to police. At 6:30 a.m. Thursday, Thornton Police Department got a call asking them to check on the wellbeing on a person in an open field in the 500 block of East 168th Avenue, which…
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Woman dropped off by rideshare on I-25 killed in hit-and-run
A woman was hit and killed by a car early New Year’s morning after a rideshare driver dropped her off on the side of Interstate 25 in Thornton. At 12:33 a.m. Sunday, Thornton Police responded to a crash in the 15500 block of Northbound I-25 in Thornton, according to a press release. After a preliminary…
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Victim in Christmas Day fatal beating identified, suspect still at-large
The Adams and Broomfield county coroners identified the man who was beaten to death Christmas Day after backing into someone’s vehicle. Manuel Osvaldo Jacquez-Machado, 69, died at North Suburban Medical Center Monday, according to a Thursday news release from the coroner’s office. Just before 10 a.m. Sunday, Thornton police officers responded to Thirsty’s Sports Pub…
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Thornton police chase ends in officer-involved shooting
Thornton Police Department officers tried to arrest armed bank robbery suspects Tuesday in an incident that resulted in a high-speed car chase and officer-involved shooting, according to a news release. Police responded to a report of a man and woman with guns entering the Wells Fargo Bank at 12040 Colorado Blvd. in Thornton around 1…
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70-year-old Thornton man beaten to death after backing into vehicle, suspect at-large
A 70-year-old man was seriously beaten on Christmas Day in Thornton and died a day later, according to police, who have asked for the public’s help in finding his killer. Shortly before 10 a.m. on Sunday, Thornton police officers responded to Thirsty’s Sports Pub at 1294 E. 104th Ave., where officers learned the 70-year-old man…
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‘Pipe bombs’ used in attack at Kingdom Hall in Thornton
Police now believe one person was inside a Kingdom Hall in Thornton when pipe bombs burst through a window Sunday. A shooting in the parking lot unfolded next — ultimately leaving a married couple dead in an apparent murder-suicide as unsuspecting congregation members started arriving for their Sunday morning meeting. “Either the man, the woman, or…
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Two dead in shooting at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Thornton
A Thornton neighborhood awoke Christmas morning to gunfire at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses on Milky Way. Thornton Police first responded to a call about a structure fire at the building around 9 a.m. Sunday. It was then reported that an adult male shot and killed an adult female then shot and killed himself,…
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Shooting by Thornton officer during standoff justified, 17th Judicial DA finds
The 17th Judicial District Attorney declined to file any criminal charges against Thornton police officers for an incident in March in which they shot a man in the foot during a standoff. The man shot at officers and later killed himself, according to a decision letter from District Attorney Brian Mason. The investigation didn’t conclusively…
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Pedestrian dead in I-25 crash in Thornton
A pedestrian died in a vehicle-involved crash in on Interstate 25 in Thornton Saturday afternoon, authorities said. Thornton Police Department responded to a crash between a vehicle and a pedestrian Saturday afternoon. Authorities closed I-25 in both directions from Thornton Parkway to 104th Avenue, according to a Department tweet. At 2:30 p.m., one lane was…