A year ago, Megan Sullivan lost her older brother Alex in the Aurora theater shooting. Today, the 26-year-old is still healing — and has dedicated herself to helping others do the same through the non-profit Aurora Rise organization and a women’s support group she leads at the new Aurora Strong…
The Denver Police Department has released a sketch of the man suspected to have fatally shot Buckley Air Force airman Shaquille Hargrove during a street fight in LoDo over the weekend. Hargrove, 19, was killed early Saturday morning as clubs closed for the night and crowds gathered into the street…
A lot can happen in a year, and “in the interests of memorializing the efforts of survivors of gun violence who fought to win historic state reforms” over that time period, ProgressNow Colorado has released a timeline of the aftermath of the July 20 Aurora theater shooting, says the oganization’s…
This Saturday will mark one year since a gunman opened fire at the midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora — a tragedy that took the lives of twelve people and left seventy more wounded. The city of Aurora will remember that day with a slate of events…
The man who was slain on the streets of LoDo early Saturday morning has been identified: He was nineteen-year-old Airman 1st Class Shaquille Hargrove, a satellite systems operator for the 2nd Space Warning Squadron based at Buckley Air Force base. “On behalf of myself and Team Buckley, I want to…
Robert White has made a lot of changes since he took over as chief of the Denver Police Department in January 2012. One of the biggest took effect yesterday, when the city’s new reprecincting plan was officially introduced. That plan, as well as many of the other moves that White…
We’ve grown accustomed to hearing about cold cases that heat up due to DNA hits, such as the arrest and April sentencing of Dominique Huntington for a 2008 double rape. But such evidence isn’t always the key. Take the case of Francisco Rojas Carbajal, who reportedly confessed to strangling Julia…
Denver’s Office of the Medical Examiner has released its roster of homicides for 2013 through June, which tops out at 22. And while this rate is pretty similar to those from past years (there were forty Denver homicides in 2012), the violence that ended the lives of people like Nathan…
In previous filings, attorneys for James Holmes, accused in last July’s Aurora theater shooting, have implied strongly that he was the gunman in the murder of twelve people and the wounding of dozens more. Now, however, a passage in a newly released document on view below makes an explicit statement…
The friends and family of Marvin Booker gathered with supporters on Tuesday at an event commemorating the third anniversary of this death. Booker, a 56-year-old street preacher, died after being arrested and taken to the Van Cise-Simonet Detention Center, where he got into an altercation with sheriff’s deputies; he had…
Three years ago today, Marvin Booker, a street preacher, was arrested and taken to Denver’s Van Cise-Simonet Detention Center after failing to appear on a possession-of-drug-paraphernalia charge. He died while in custody that day, after an altercation with sheriff’s deputies. Although the Denver coroner ruled his death a homicide, then-Denver…
The Fourth of July weekend was mostly peaceful in the Denver metro area. Unfortunately, an exception took place late last night. And it proved fatal. One person is dead after a shooting on South Glencoe Street in Denver. Below, we’ve got the information released to date by the Denver Police…
Update: The judge in the Aurora theater shooting case has ordered Fox News reporter Jana Winter to appear in court on August 19 so that he may continue her subpoena until September 30. In a submission filed last week, Winter refused to consent to appear on September 30, thereby making…
Although America celebrated its independence yesterday, many, if not most, of the folks pictured below probably weren’t feeling especially independent — because they were behind bars. Below, check out the rogue’s gallery from June, featuring photos of assorted Schmucks of the Week as well as those who’ve either been accused…
As is clear from the agonizing story of Dylan Redwine, the pain felt by families of missing young people grows when questions are left unanswered. In Dylan’s case, seven months passed between the thirteen year old’s disappearance and the identification of his remains in southwestern Colorado last week. But the…
“Boobies Rock!” sent hot girls into bars wearing T-shirts emblazoned with the company’s name — and they told customers to whom they sold branded merchandise that the money they collected would go toward fighting breast cancer. But while a smell percentage of it did, the majority appears to have enriched…
Update: As the search continues for the person or persons responsible for the death of Dylan Redwine, a thirteen year old missing since November whose remains were found in southwestern Colorado last week (see our previous coverage below), the boy’s friends and loved ones continue to communicate via Facebook pages…
This past Friday night, a fatal stabbing took place within the confines of an apartment complex located on the 1300 block of North Moline Street in Aurora. By yesterday, investigators with the Aurora Police Department had narrowed down their suspect list to one: Hector Funez-Canales, age 28. Thus far, however,…
At this hour, Ross McCoy is scheduled to appear in Denver County Court to be formally advised of the charges against him — and there are plenty, including child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury. McCoy didn’t strike his two-year-old son, Zayden. Instead, he nearly ran him over, then fled…
Last July, Corey Lopez, age 23, was arrested for strangling girlfriend Richelle Best, ending the life of a much-loved woman who was just 21. During the trial, Lopez’s defense team insisted that the injuries that led to her death had been accidental. But these assertions didn’t convince a jury, particularly…
Two high-profile crimes took place at metro-area light-rail stations within days of each other earlier this month — and while several suspects have been busted in one of the cases, a robbery, the trio wanted for a stabbing at the other remain on the loose. Do these incidents reveal flaws…
How many second chances does a person deserve? This question is apt in the case of Roy Seagraves, age 52, who’s just been busted in relation to an attack on a teenager in Boulder. His alleged weapon of choice: a pair of scissors. Seagraves should have grown accustomed to dealing…
