Tag: Shootings
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Airbnb cracks down on Colorado house parties ahead of holiday weekend
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save With summer holidays rapidly approaching, Airbnb is quelling “disruptive” gatherings across the country with its ongoing anti-party system. The short-term rental service will continue to use “machine learning technology” to block renters from hosting parties at Airbnb homes during Memorial Day weekend and Fourth of…
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Crime Watch: 4 overnight shootings in Denver metro leave 3 injured, 1 dead
Amidst one of the warmest days of the year in the Denver metro on Friday, crime, too, grew blistering. Police in the metro area responded to four separate shootings over Friday evening, leading to three people injured and one deceased. Going into Saturday, police are still investigating and developing suspect information for each incident. Denver…
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Man accused in Denver area shooting rampage sent to Colorado mental health facility for assessment
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man accused of going on a shooting rampage in Broomfield on July 8 has been ordered to be assessed at the Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Pueblo. Kenneth Fairchild, 47, faces charges alleging he shot a rifle at the Jus’ Burritos restaurant in Broomfield,…
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Gun violence claims seven over weekend along Colorado’s Front Range
Seven people died in eight separate shootings along the Front Range this past weekend. The incidents occurred in Denver, Aurora, Adams County, Louisville and Johnstown. The Louisville and Johnstown incidents were officer-involved shootings which ended in two deaths of suspects brandishing knives. The incidents seem unrelated, but represented a higher-than-normal amount of gun violence deaths…
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Mass shootings have increased significantly since Aurora theater massacre
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mass shootings in the U.S. and Colorado have increased substantially in the decade since 12 people were murdered and another 70 were injured in a shooting at the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora on July 20, 2012. The shootings have occurred at grocery stores…
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Aurora, Denver to launch gun buyback program in wake of recent youth shootings
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Aurora and Denver are partnering to host a gun buyback program next year in response to recent youth shootings in the metro area. Aurora was rocked last week by two shootings outside of local high schools. The first shooting, outside of Aurora Central High School,…
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One dead among 3 overnight shootings in Denver
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver Police Department is investigating after three shootings occurred in the city overnight, resulting in at least one death. The first shooting happened late Sunday night in the 800 block of North Federal Boulevard, blocks from Eagleton Elementary School. Just before midnight, police announced…
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Aurora police investigate fourth shooting in 3 days
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Aurora Police Department is investigating after a man was shot Monday night — the fourth shooting to happen in the city since Saturday. Police said the shooting was reported about 8:10 p.m. in the 22300 block of East Oberlin Drive, in the East Quincy…
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3 men dead in Denver in separate early-morning shootings
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver Police Department is investigating after three fatal shootings occurred early Thursday morning in the city. The first shooting was announced at 2:49 a.m. in the East Colfax neighborhood. Police said it happened in the 8500 block of East Colfax Avenue near the Ahwahnee…