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Man wanted in Georgia slaying killed by police in Colorado
AURORA — A man wanted in connection with the shooting death of his girlfriend in Georgia was shot and killed by police after a standoff in suburban Denver, authorities said Tuesday. Fabien Perry, 27, emerged from a home in Aurora holding a high-powered rifle around 2 a.m. Tuesday, and an Aurora police officer and an […]
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Jim Morrissey: Just how did Aurora have fired Chief Vanessa Wilson’s back?
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Activists stand by fired Aurora police Chief Vanessa Wilson
By Colleen Slevin, The Associated Press AURORA — Community leaders and activists on Monday rallied around a suburban Denver police chief who was fired last week despite her community work, including efforts to rebuild trust with residents following the 2019 death of Elijah McClain. Pastor Topazz McBride said the firing of Vanessa Wilson by the […]
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Shootings involving teenagers in Aurora renew focus on gun violence
By Colleen Slevin, The Associated Press It was lunchtime on a mild day in the sprawling Denver suburb of Aurora when a truck full of teens pulled into a high school parking lot where students were gathered, and gunfire rang out. Three were wounded as others ran in fear. One of the boys charged in […]
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Teens charged in shooting that wounded 3 students at Hinkley High School in Aurora
Three teens were charged Tuesday with attempted murder in a shooting that wounded three students in the parking lot of a suburban Denver high school. The charges against the three 16-year-old boys in the Nov. 19 shooting at Aurora’s Hinkley High School were filed in regular court but their lawyers will have a chance to […]
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3 teens arrested in shooting at Aurora high school
AURORA — Police in the Denver suburb of Aurora have arrested three teenagers in connection with the shooting of three students in a high school parking lot on Friday, a Colorado newspaper reported Monday. A television station quoted the city’s police chief as saying that gang involvement was suspected. Police arrested one 16-year-old boy late […]
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Aurora police union president suspended over email attacking city’s new diversity agreement
AURORA — The president of a police union in the Denver suburb of Aurora has been placed on paid administrative leave by the police department after he sent an email to the group’s 240 members calling diversity provisions in an agreement between the city and the state “sexist and racist.” Officer Doug Wilkinson sent the […]
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6 Aurora Central High School students hospitalized after drive-by shooting at nearby park
AURORA — Six teenagers were wounded in a shooting at an Aurora park near their high school Monday afternoon. All of the victims attend Aurora Central High School. All are expected to survive, though one was undergoing emergency surgery. “My understanding is it was a drive-by shooting,” said Aurora police Chief Vanessa Wilson. She added […]
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16-year-old dead, another injured in Aurora shooting
AURORA — A 16-year-old boy has died and another 16-year-old was hurt in a Friday night shooting in Aurora, police said. According to the Aurora Police Department, one teen was taken to a hospital after he was shot inside a vehicle in the area of East 12th Avenue and Ironton Street, 9NEWS reported. He later died. […]