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Suspect in fatal shooting outside Denver shelter is identified
DENVER — At least seven people reported witnessing a fatal shooting Monday night outside a Denver Rescue Mission shelter, documents obtained by 9NEWS show. The Denver Police Department said the shooting happened around 8 p.m. outside the shelter in the area of 48th Avenue and Dahlia Street in the Northeast Park Hill neighborhood. Police said two people got into a fight, and one of them shot the other.
Search for bank robbery suspect in Colorado
LAKEWOOD, Colo. (KKTV) - Authorities in Colorado are offering a reward tied to a bank robbery case. According to a crime poster shared by Metro Denver Crime Stoppers on social media, the robbery happened June 25 at about 10:30 in the morning near the 3500 block of S. Wadsworth Boulevard. The bank robbed was a FirstBank.
2 of 4 suspects plead guilty in connection to Ma Kaing's 2022 murder
Two of the four suspects arrested in connection with Ma Kaing's murder nearly two years ago have pleaded guilty. On July 15, 2022, businesswoman Ma Kaing was killed by a stray bullet while she was unloading groceries outside of her apartment on Xenia Street.Four suspects were arrested in her shooting death, Nu Ra Ah La, Pa Reh, Lu Reh, and Swa Bay. According to court records, Nu La has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Swa Bay has also entered a guilty plea. As for the other suspects, Pa Reh is scheduled for an arraignment in a Denver courtroom on July 15. Lu Reh has hearings in a Denver courtroom scheduled for July 15 and July 25 with a trial scheduled to begin Aug. 6. Reh is also facing charges of first-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon in a different deadly shooting that happened in Aurora on May 30, 2022.
Growing scam costs victims hundreds of dollars
AURORA, Colo. — A Denver man received a phone call from what he thought was his bank. The call was meant to verify purchases in his account because of possible fraud detected coming from Texas. Alex Wegienka said he would normally never pick up unknown calls, but this time...
Don’t call 911: Here’s how to report illegal fireworks in Colorado
Despite fireworks being outlawed in Colorado, you might still see people using them around the Fourth of July. Here's how some agencies across the metro area are asking people to report illegal fireworks.
Relative of man who allegedly shot people from his car "not surprised" it happened
A relative of a 34-year-old man accused of shooting several people in Aurora says she is "shocked, but not surprised" to hear of the charges. She's now hoping he never has the chance to hurt people again. The shootings happened late last month. Police say they believe Austin Benson was driving through a southeastern section of the Colorado city on June 27 and chose his victims at random. Three people wound up getting shot and injured. "I do want to see justice served," Benson's family member said. She asked to remain anonymous. "It's not fair. There are people fighting for their...
Unfortunately a Trip to the Manosphere Might Have Driven Lyndon McLeod to Murder
Before Lyndon McLeod went on a killing spree that would end with the deaths of five people, many individuals in his immediate circle were concerned about the deeply troubled man. According to Vice, he was kicked out of his home in late 2020 after a living situation described as harmonious by his former roommates grew increasingly troubling. Amanda Knight told Denver and Louisiana state police that McLeod had fantasies of burning buildings down with a flamethrower. A year later Knight would stumble upon an article about a mass shooting and when she read who did it, she told Vice that...
While police warn that washing windows in intersections is illegal, few citations have been issued
DENVER — The Denver Police Department (DPD) doesn't want newly arrived migrants to be washing car windows in the middle of intersections. While police said it’s illegal and handed out flyers discouraging it, 9NEWS has learned they've hardly issued any tickets to people trying to make money on street corners.
Woman found dead in her Watkins home after fire identified
The Arapahoe County Coroner's office on Tuesday identified the body of a woman found in her Watkins home after a fire burned it the day prior. On Monday morning, firefighters found Simone Austin’s body after responding to a house fire in a neighborhood south of Interstate 70 and east of Powhaton Road in Watkins, Colo.
“It seems like they hunted him down like an animal or something,” says loved one of Kilyn Lewis, Aurora man killed by police
About 70 demonstrators rallied at the Aurora City Council meeting last week to protest the police shooting of another unarmed Black man, 37-year-old Kilyn Lewis— who police shot and killed last month in Aurora. Lewis’s death comes two years after Colorado Attorney Phil Weiser imposed a consent decree on the city of Aurora mandating the city fix “patterns of racially biased policing and excessive use of force in the Aurora Police Department.”
Denver police: Window washing at intersections is illegal
It has been months since Denver drivers first started noticing window washers at many busy intersections across the metro area. Now, it is almost a usual sight to see a few men in groups, squeegees and water bottles in hand approaching cars waiting for the stoplight.
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