Shooting near Denver’s Civic Center Park doesn’t appear connected to protests, police say

The Denver Post (Breaking News) 6/4 6:16P Elise Schmelzer, Shelly Bradbury

Denver police say somebody shot a person carrying a weapon believed to be an ax at Colfax Avenue and Broadway on Thursday night, near where demonstrators have been gathering for more than a week to seek racial justice in the wake of George Floyd...

Shooting near Denver’s Civic Center Park doesn’t appear connected to protests, police say

The Denver Post (Crime) 6/4 6:16P Elise Schmelzer, Shelly Bradbury

Denver police say somebody shot a person carrying a weapon believed to be an ax at Broadway and Colfax Avenue on Thursday night, near where demonstrators have been gathering for more than a week to seek racial justice in the wake of George Floyd...

Person killed in multi-vehicle crash on South Parker Road in Aurora

The Dever Post (Aurora) 6/4 4:54P Kieran Nicholson

A person died in a multi-vehicle crash in Aurora on Thursday night. UPDATE: This crash is a fatal. #APDTrafficAlert . Aurora Police Dept. (@AuroraPD) June 5, 2020 The crash happened on southbound South Parker Road near East Lehigh Avenue,...

Person killed in multi-vehicle crash on South Parker Road in Aurora

The Denver Post (Local News) 6/4 4:54P Kieran Nicholson

A person died in a multi-vehicle crash in Aurora on Thursday night. UPDATE: This crash is a fatal. #APDTrafficAlert . Aurora Police Dept. (@AuroraPD) June 5, 2020 The crash happened on southbound South Parker Road near East Lehigh Avenue,...

Person killed in multiple-vehicle crash on South Parker Road in Aurora

The Denver Post (Breaking News) 6/4 4:54P Kieran Nicholson

A person died in a multiple-vehicle crash in Aurora on Thursday night. UPDATE: This crash is a fatal. #APDTrafficAlert . Aurora Police Dept. (@AuroraPD) June 5, 2020 The crash happened on southbound South Parker Road near East Lehigh Avenue,...

State Lawmakers Discuss Bill That Would Enact Some Changes Protesters Want

CBS Denver (News) 6/4 4:17P Denver News And Colorado News Fr

DENVER (CBS) – In a quick and sweeping response to public outcry for greater police accountability, Colorado Senate Bill 217 was heard at the state capitol Thursday afternoon. As currently written,...

Colorado police accountability bill passes first hurdle

The Dever Post (Politics) 6/4 4:12P Saja Hindi

A bill aimed at putting a stop to police brutality in Colorado passed out of a Senate committee Thursday evening. The bill, sponsored by all of Colorado s Democratic lawmakers, brought out family members of victims killed by police, civil rights...

Keeler: Will Vic Fangio’s comments on race and the NFL divide the Broncos locker room?

The Dever Post (Aurora) 6/4 3:46P Sean Keeler

Sure, high-schoolers, and some college football players, can be conditioned by football coaches not to question. But grown men? Grown men can smell a phony from three yards away. “After his apology, I’m sure some of them will forgive him. And some...

‘Double Dipper Bandit’ Wanted For Robbing Banks Twice

CBS Denver (News) 6/4 10:30A Denver News And Colorado News Fr

AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) Local and federal police are asking for the public s help in identifying a bank robber who has struck two banks in Aurora twice each in the last six months. Dubbed the Double...

Aurora Police Seek Suspects After Customer Attacked Over Social Distance At Targer

CBS Denver (News) 6/4 10:30A Denver News And Colorado News Fr

AURORA, Colo. (AP) The Aurora Police Department has announced Wednesday that officers are searching for three people suspected of violently attacking a woman in Target after the shopper asked the...

Keeler: Denver showed its true colors the morning after George Floyd protests

The Dever Post (Aurora) 6/4 2:00A Sean Keeler

The line stretched two city blocks this-a-way and two city blocks that-a-way. Britt Diehl counted roughly 1,000 souls in all, families of all creeds and ethnicities, armed with nothing more than face masks, bottled water, clear eyes and full...

Fat Lever: Nuggets don’t have to rally around Michael Porter Jr.’s tweets, but they should rally...

The Dever Post (Aurora) 6/4 2:00A Sean Keeler

When it comes to George Floyd, Fat Lever is rooting for justice. When it comes to Michael Porter Jr., the Nuggets legend is rooting for cooler heads. And for the Denver locker room to rally around its young forward. “I think everyone is coming at...

Thousands gather in Denver for seventh straight day of George Floyd protests

The Dever Post 6/3 2:45P Elizabeth Hernandez, Alex Burnes

Despite threatening weather, a diverse crowd of thousands gathered in downtown Denver again Wednesday to protest the death of George Floyd. Aurora residents Stormye Everett, 30, and Quaneisha Collins, 29 attended for the first time, saying it was...

Denver mayor’s aide during George Floyd protest: “Cops are going to start getting fired”

The Denver Post (Breaking News) 6/3 2:45P Elizabeth Hernandez, Alex Burnes

An aide to Denver Mayor Michael Hancock promised a crowd of thousands that “cops are going to start getting fired” as protests returned to city streets for a seventh straight day. “We are going to start making change,” added Kwon Atlas, who spoke...

Pace of growth in COVID-19 outbreaks may be slowing in Colorado

The Denver Post (Breaking News) 6/3 11:42A Meg Wingerter

Colorado identified 23 new coronavirus outbreaks in the past week, but also determined 20 were over, suggesting that the large spreading events that drove the state s COVID-19 epidemic may be coming under control. As of data released Wednesday,...