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Experts: Colorado supermarket shooting suspect not competent

DENVER – State experts concluded that the man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket is not competent to stand trial but a judge granted prosecutors’ request for his mental...

DATE: Oct 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

At least 92% of Denver city workers vaccinated after mandate

DENVER – At least 92% of Denver’s municipal employees were vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Friday, a day after the city’s vaccine mandate took effect in a bid to slow the spread of the vir...

DATE: Oct 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Trooper hailed for killing armed man at Capitol faces felony

DENVER – A Colorado state trooper honored for shooting and killing an armed man outside the governor’s office over a decade ago has been charged with felony menacing and accused of pointing ...

DATE: Sep 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Mental health exam ordered for supermarket shooting suspect

BOULDER – A judge on Tuesday ordered a state mental health evaluation for the man accused of killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in March to determine whether he is competent to proc...

DATE: Sep 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Officers, paramedics charged in Elijah McClain’s 2019 death

DENVER – Three suburban Denver police officers and two paramedics were indicted on manslaughter and other charges in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man who was put in a chokehold and i...

DATE: Sep 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Forced medication recommended for Danish suspect in Colorado wildfire

DENVER – A psychiatrist has recommended that a mentally ill Danish man accused of starting a wildfire that burned 149 homes should be forcibly medicated, which could pave the way to him bein...

DATE: Aug 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

3 men arrested near All-Star Game face federal gun charges

DENVER – Three men arrested with more than a dozen weapons and hundreds of rounds of ammunition at a Denver hotel near the site of Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game have been charged wi...

DATE: Jul 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Court orders shorter sentence for ‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic

DENVER – A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that “Tiger King” Joe Exotic should get a shorter prison sentence for his role in a murder-for-hire plot and violating federal wildlife laws...

DATE: Jul 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Police: Man with guns sought balcony near MLB All-Star Game

DENVER – A man described by authorities as the leader of a group of four people arrested with more than a dozen weapons and hundreds of rounds of ammunition at a Denver hotel near events pla...

DATE: Jul 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Baker fined for refusing to make transgender transition cake

DENVER – A Colorado baker who won a partial victory at the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018 for refusing to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple violated the state’s anti-discrimination law b...

DATE: Jun 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Defense: Colorado school gunman was manipulated by friend

DENVER – A teen accused of killing a fellow student at his suburban Denver school in 2019 agreed to participate in the attack as long as it looked like he was pressured into participating an...

DATE: May 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado shooting suspect makes 2nd court appearance

DENVER – A 22-year old man accused of fatally shooting 10 people in March at a Colorado supermarket made his second court appearance Tuesday and a judge scheduled a September hearing to rev...

DATE: May 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News