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Matthew Murray's Threatening Posts Back on the Web

Mathew Murray Shooting God’s Plan?

More Pieces of the Matthew Murray Puzzle

Who Should Be the Keepers of Columbine's Remaining Secrets?

Denver Police Officer Being Charged with Assault has Been Disciplined Before

Back to School

The bullet in the backpack and other Columbine mysteries.

More Whoppers from Jeffco

The sheriff's office responds.

Family files lawsuit against the Denver Police Department for shooting death of Jason Gomez

The sheriff's office responds.

The long silence of Matthew Murray's parents

Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see any comments from Ronald or Loretta Murray in the one-year anniversary stories about the church shootings in Arvada and Colorado Springs. But then, the Murrays haven't been eager to talk publicly about the multiple tragedies spawned by their deeply disturbed son ... More >>

Off Limits

A cross to bare

New Life Church shooting victim speaks out prior to Ted Haggard media tour

Amid all the revelations connected with Ted Haggard's attempted resurrection on HBO and Oprah, the accusations of payoffs involving yet another young man lusted after by the former pastor ("Watch the KRDO report featuring Ted Haggard's latest accuser"), and assorted other sordidness, a greater ... More >>

Target Practice: Racism and Police Shootings Are No Game

Are Denver cops trigger-happy for minorities? A video game might hold the answer.

Columbine: A True Crime Story author Jeff Kass sets book tour for other sites of school shootings

Jeff Kass. Former Rocky Mountain News reporter Jeff Kass is the author of the other book about Columbine -- and while his effort, Columbine: A True Crime Story, has received only modest attention on a national level, he feels his account has much to recommend it over Columbine, local journalist Dav ... More >>

The Bus Stops Here

But should it? That's what witnesses to a November shooting would like to know.

Girl Crazy

Terra Ramirez knows what it's like to be a victim -- and to victimize.

Going Ballistic

Tracing the bullets at Columbine.

Home Is Where the Hurt Is

Colorado’s Make My Day law was designed to protect homeowners who were forced to kill in self-defense. Here’s who it’s really helped.

The Columbine effect: A horrific roster of school shootings since 1999

The most resonant information that's come my way thus far today in relation to the anniversary of the April 20, 1999 shootings at Columbine High School was contained in an e-mail sent to Westword by Vicki Newell, a public-policy director with the Colorado PTA. It's a list of school shootings since ... More >>

Colorado Crimes: Arrest of suspect in Geneva Street shooting

A Flickr photo There was more action involving the Aurora Police Department this weekend beyond the officer-involved shooting noted in this earlier blog. Corey Ray Albat, 21, who was being held in Hays, Kansas, on an unrelated warrant, has been arrested on a first-degree-murder charge related to a ... More >>

Colorado Crimes: Victim identified in the Geneva Street shooting

A Flickr photo Monday, the Aurora Police Department reported that Corey Ray Albat, 21, was being held in connection with the murder of an unidentified man on the 500 block of Geneva Street. Today, the name of the victim is being released: Kyle Lathrop, 23. No additional information is available at ... More >>

Mile High Murder, No. 2: Broomfield police shoot man who killed his wife

View Larger Map The release from the Broomfield Police Department sported the most routine of subject lines: "Domestic Violence Call." But it was clearly not a standard incident. According to the BPD, a Broomfield man living at 13005 Lowell Boulevard, along a stretch of the street captured in the g ... More >>

Mile High Murder, No. 13: Man shot in head at 2400 block of South Federal

View Larger Map The bloodshed continues. According to the Denver Police Department, a man who was shot in the head on the 2400 block of South Federal, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click "View Larger Map"). He died early this morning at Denver Health ... More >>

Man fatally shot during robbery attempt at 9400 East Colfax in Aurora

View Larger Map More gunplay and, at this point, more questions than answers revolving around a robbery on the 9400 block of East Colfax, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click "View Larger Map"). According to the Aurora Police Department, officers respo ... More >>

Mile High Murder, No. 23: Macwinston Dowthard was man killed in shooting at 1700 Billings Street

View Larger Map A man shot and killed July 4 on the 1700 block of Billings Street, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click "View Larger Map"), has been identified as forty-year-old Aurora resident Macwinston Dowthard. At this point, that's pretty much all ... More >>

Mile High Murder, No. 29: Four shot, one dead near Aurora's Street Soldiers Motorcycle Club

View Larger Map Another murder that took place in late July.... Early on July 25, Aurora Police Department representatives responded to a call at Street Soldiers Motorcycle Club on the 9500 block of East Colfax, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click "V ... More >>

Mile High Murder: A grisly list of 23 Denver homicides through July 4

Ivory Mefford, number eleven on the Denver Coroner's Office roster.​The Denver Coroner's Office recently issued a list of all deaths ruled homicides in the city from the beginning of 2009 through July 4. The predictably grim chronicle of 23 individuals who lost their lives in acts of violence ... More >>

Colorado Crimes: Brian Christopher Naranjo shouldn't have drawn that gun

Brian Christopher Naranjo.​The press releases issued in the wake of yesterday's officers-involved shooting suggest that Longmont resident Brian Christopher Naranjo, 35, had numerous opportunities to avoid getting shot and killed. Naranjo, who's been arrested in the past for everything from for ... More >>

At Club Posh, the fun ends when the gunfire starts

Photo by Drew JaynesSome of the revelers at the Club Posh grand opening in February -- none of whom were injured in the drinking of this beverage.​Club Posh, at 4040 E. Evans, debuted on February 20, and judging by our slideshow from opening night, a good time was had by all. But the fun was l ... More >>

Mile High Murder, No. 47: Roger William Harris identified as victim in Sunrise Restaurant shooting

The late Roger William Harris.​On Friday, a man suffering from what would soon prove to be fatal wounds was found behind the Sunrise Restaurant, 9115 East Colfax. The Aurora Police Department is now identifying the victim as Roger William Harris, 35, and offering a $2,000 reward for informati ... More >>

Mile High Murder, No. 49: John Singleton dies of wounds in Club Posh shootings

Photo by Drew JaynesA Club Posh graphic from our opening night slideshow.​Earlier this week, we told you about shootings at Club Posh, 4040 E. Evans, which turned a Halloween party into a true horror show. Now, one of the trio who took bullets that evening -- John Singleton, 29 -- has died of ... More >>

Mile High Murder, No. 47: Do you recognize anyone in surveillance videos taken near Sunrise Restaurant shooting that killed Roger William Harris?

The Aurora Police Department has released three surveillance-camera clips taken near the Sunrise Restaurant around the time a shooting took the life of Roger William Harris. In a release included with the other videos below, the APD doesn't say if the individuals seen in these snippets are consider ... More >>

Eleanor Joann Sears, Mile High Murder No. 59: Elderly mom allegedly slain by daughter, Cristina Sears

View Larger Map This morning's Denver Post leads with a report about the decline of Denver's murder rate in 2009, mirroring a national trend. But that hardly means slayings have become rarities in the metro area. Indeed, there were several during the last two weeks of the past decade, and more since ... More >>

Shootout at T&R Liquors perforates three

View Larger Map Getting your drink on proved risky last night at T&R Liquors in Aurora, pictured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click "View Larger Map"). According to the Aurora Police Department, an argument outside the store led to multiple gunshots that hit multiple ... More >>

Aubrey Arshaad Johnson, Mile High Murder No. 72: One of three victims in liquor store shooting dies

View Larger Map Earlier today, we told you about a shootout at Aurora's T&R Liquors, pictured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click "View Larger Map"). Now, the Aurora Police Department has confirmed that one of the three people wounded in the melee has died: Aubrey Ars ... More >>

Jarell Jordan Rivers and Paul Maurice Chatman, Mile High Murders No. 79 and 80: Victims identified, suspects released in Sommerset Gardens slayings

The Sommerset Garden Apartments, near where the killings took place.​Earlier this week, we told you about a double homicide near the Sommerset Garden Apartments in Aurora. The victims have now been identified: Jarrel Jordan Rivers, eighteen, and Paul Maurice Chatman, 28. However, the two susp ... More >>

Steven Johnston, Mile High Murders No. 79 and 80: Twenty-year old arrested in deaths of Jarell Jordan Rivers and Paul Maurice Chatman

The Sommerset Garden Apartments, near where the crime took place.​Update, 4 p.m.: The Aurora Police Department has released more information about the arrest of Steven Johnston. The details are included below the original item. Earlier this week, we told you about a double homicide at the Som ... More >>

Darrent Williams murder: Willie Clark's sentencing (live post)

Darrent Williams, left, and Willie Clark, the man convicted of killing him.​Editor's note: Melanie Asmar covered today's sentencing of Willie Clark, who was convicted of murdering former Bronco Darrent Williams. To follow the event in chronological order, read from the bottom up, and click her ... More >>

FBI Denver's most wanted criminals: A photo gallery

Francisco Murillo, unwilling TV star.​Back in March, we shared a photo gallery of criminals with Colorado connections who landed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List during the roster's sixty-year history. But the FBI's Denver branch has a most wanted list of its own -- four murderers and one at ... More >>

Brandon Putnam (No. 5): Identified as victim in Federal Heights homicide

Brandon Putnam, as seen on his MySpace page.​Last Thursday, a trio of suspects in Federal Heights robbed one person at his car and then shot and killed a second man inside an apartment. Authorities have now identified the victim as Brandon Putnam, 24, whose MySpace page describes his professi ... More >>

Jason Wallace busted, another man dead in latest potential Make My Day case

Jason Wallace.​A day after the Marcus Duran shooting was ruled a justifiable homicide amid reports that the homeowner who fired the fatal shots has received threats, another potential Make-My-Day incident took place -- this one in Colorado Springs. The Springs-area homeowner reportedly shot a ... More >>

Club Vinyl confrontation leads to early morning gun battle: Woman hit, suspect apprehended

A 9News image of the crime scene.​Let-out at area nightspots can be volatile, which is why Denver cops often hang near venues like Club Vinyl, at 1082 Broadway. Which explains why they were on the scene almost instantly when gunfire broke out nearby early this morning.

Filberto Alderete (No. 14): No charges in Jesus Sifuentes Jr. shooting due to Make My Day law

Filberto Alderete.​Lots of twists and turns in the gunplay on West 18th Avenue over the weekend. Daniel Alderete was shot by police, allegedly because he wouldn't drop a weapon, while Filberto Alderete was arrested for investigation into the death of a man later identified as Jesus Sifuentes J ... More >>

Officer-involved shooting in Douglas County leaves suspect in critical condition

The Stagecoach.​Thus far, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office is sharing only the barest details about a Saturday afternoon shooting outside the Stagecoach, a Franktown watering hole -- other than the fact that both a deputy and the suspect were shot in an exchange of gunfire, with the former ... More >>

Pinalcchio

Renowned forensics experts say a Pinal County, Arizona deputy's high-profile tale about getting shot after encountering drug smugglers doesn't add up

Ricardo Sota pleads guilty in Halloween Club Posh killing of John McGaughy-Singleton

Club Posh.​The murder conviction of Douglas Taylor in the May 2009 arson death of Jose De Jesus Martinez Espinoza isn't the only recent resolution to a case from our Mile High Murder archives. Ricardo Soto has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of John McGaughy-Singleton. Details and ... More >>

Adam J. Ponce, aka Oso: Manhunt underway for suspect in early Halloween Club Arriba shooting

Larger photo below.​During the early hours of Halloween, a security guard at Lakewood's Club Arriba tried to break up a fight -- and got shot for his trouble. Two people were busted at the scene, but the alleged shooter got away. Now, Lakewood police have identified him as Adam J. Ponce, aka O ... More >>

Ronald Sanchez identified as man shot to death in car on Lowell Boulevard (No. 33)

Near the scene.​The Denver coroner's office has ID'd a man killed in a car on the 500 block of Lowell Boulevard late Tuesday as Aurora's Ronald B. Sanchez, 45. He died from multiple gunshot wounds. No suspects are in custody and the investigation continues. Look below to read a Denver Police D ... More >>

Karina Vargas: Luis Guzman-Rincon (illegal immigrant?) jailed in Aurora Central shooting

Karina Vargas.​Update: The Aurora Police Department has released the name of the man arrested in the Monday shooting of Aurora Central student Karina Vargas. He's Luis Guzman-Rincon, nineteen, who's likely in this country illegally. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has put a hold on Guzman ... More >>

Man dies after being shot at several times while sitting in a car in northeast Denver (41)

North Pontiac Street​A man in his 20s is dead after being shot while in a car this morning in the 2900 block of North Pontiac Street in northeast Denver. Denver Police responded to a report of a shooting at 9:58 a.m. at 2915 North Pontiac, to find a black male in his early 20s suffering from ... More >>