In the weeks before the March 22 shooting, another student reported seeing Austin Lyle with a gun on campus
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Psychologist says man on trial in fatal Westminster road-rage shooting was sane
Jermey Webster has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to shooting the driver of an SUV and two of her sons, killing one of them
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Littwin: In Kansas City, knocking on the door while Black can get you shot. But that’s not the end of the story.
In upstate New York, we now know you can be white and still be shot while apparently never making it past the driveway.
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Falsely reporting an active shooter is on track to become a felony offense in Colorado
Senate Bill 249 comes in response to an increase in fake active shooter reports with about 40 so far in Colorado this year
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Zornio: Gun violence is a men’s issue, both as perpetrators and victims
Men commit most shootings in America, and Colorado’s latest numbers show gun deaths are also mostly men. They’re also mostly white.
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East High School shooting suspect’s body found in mountains west of Denver
Austin Lyle, 17, shot two school administrators who were searching him on Wednesday morning as part of a “safety plan”
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Zornio: Denver police have a long way to go in restoring community trust
Much is still unknown about the negligent mass shooting by Denver police last weekend, but one thing is for certain: city and police leadership are failing to regain community trust by appearing to obscure the truth. No one could have predicted what happened last Sunday. While enjoying a night out with friends and family, six […]
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The statewide gun regulations adopted in Colorado in the wake of the Aurora theater shooting
The 2012 Aurora theater shooting, which left 12 people dead and 70 others injured, prompted Colorado Democrats to immediately begin pursuing tighter regulations on firearms. Since the attack 10 years ago Wednesday, no fewer than 10 statewide changes to gun policy have been adopted, making Colorado one of the nation’s most progressive states when it […]
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Five bystanders injured in downtown Denver as police officers shoot at man authorities say was armed
Five people were hurt in Lower Downtown Denver early Sunday when police officers shot a man they say was armed as bars in the crowded entertainment district let out. The five people, three women and two men, are expected to survive their injuries. They appear to have been innocent bystanders wounded in officers’ crossfire. The […]
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From Columbine to Robb, 169 have been killed in U.S. mass school shootings
Mass shooters have killed hundreds of people throughout U.S. history in realms like stores, theaters and workplaces, but it is in schools and colleges where the carnage reverberates perhaps most keenly — places filled with children of tender ages, older students aspiring to new heights and the teachers planting the seeds of knowledge, their journeys all cut […]