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Lawsuit says hero who killed gunman was shot without warning

DENVER – The mother of a man hailed as a hero for killing a gunman who ambushed and fatally shot a police officer only to be killed himself by another officer in suburban Denver filed a laws...

DATE: Jun 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Aurora hires ex-chief from theater shooting to lead police

DENVER – The police chief who led police in the Denver suburb of Aurora when a gunman killed 12 people in a movie theater a decade ago is returning to temporarily lead the embattled departme...

DATE: Apr 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Charges dropped against husband in missing woman case

DENVER – Prosecutors on Tuesday dropped criminal charges against a Colorado man who was about to go on trial in the presumed death of his missing wife, but they left the door open to bringin...

DATE: Apr 19, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Judge: Colorado shooting suspect incompetent to stand trial

BOULDER – A judge ruled Friday that a man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket last year is still mentally incompetent to stand trial, further delaying court proceedings ...

DATE: Apr 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver suburb where Elijah McClain died ousts police chief

DENVER – The Denver suburb where police officers and paramedics have been charged in the death of a Black man in 2019 ousted its reform-minded police chief Wednesday, faulting her management...

DATE: Apr 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Jury awards $14M to George Floyd protesters in Denver

DENVER – Jurors on Friday found police used excessive force against protesters, violating their constitutional rights, during demonstrations over the killing of George Floyd two years ago, o...

DATE: Mar 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado city marks anniversary of deadly supermarket attack

BOULDER – With flowers and a public remembrance for those who died and those still grieving, Colorado residents were marking the one-year anniversary Tuesday of a shooting at a busy supermar...

DATE: Mar 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Trial starts for lawsuit over Denver police use of force

DENVER – The trial for a lawsuit accusing Denver police of using indiscriminate force two years ago against people protesting the killing of George Floyd started Monday in federal court. Ope...

DATE: Mar 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Ex-police officer pleads guilty in rough arrest of woman with dementia

DENVER – A former Colorado police officer shown on body camera video roughly arresting a 73-year-old woman with dementia and later seen joking about it with colleagues pleaded guilty to assa...

DATE: Mar 3, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Prosecutor: Fentanyl likely killed 5 in Colorado apartment

DENVER – Preliminary evidence suggests that five people found dead in an apartment in suburban Denver overdosed on fentanyl while taking what they believed to be cocaine, the district attorn...

DATE: Feb 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado inmates say state is violating ban on forced work

DENVER – Two Colorado inmates who say they were pressured into working despite health concerns are suing the state’s prison system, saying it’s violating a constitutional ban on slavery and ...

DATE: Feb 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Charges for Dane in Colorado wildfire will likely be dropped

DENVER (AP) — Criminal charges will probably be dropped against a mentally ill Danish man accused of starting a large 2018 Colorado wildfire, who can no longer be forcibly medicated, a prosecutor said Monday.

DATE: Feb 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News