Fero's Bar & Grill the site of "arson-homicide" -- with five dead

Fero's Bar & Grill is a longtime dive on the edge of Glendale, a place to get a quick drink before the movies or a cheap steak if you're staying at a hotel in the area. Over the decades, it's kept a low profile -- until now. As Denver Police...

By Patricia Calhoun

October 17, 2012

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Fero's Bar & Grill is a longtime dive on the edge of Glendale, a place to get a quick drink before the movies or a cheap steak if you're staying at a hotel in the area. Over the decades, it's kept a low profile -- until now.

As Denver Police Chief Robert White revealed at a press conference at 5:30 a.m. this morning, five people were found dead at Fero's early this morning, in what's being investigated as "an arson-homicide."

According to White, the Glendale Fire Department had gotten a call at 1:50 a.m. this morning about a fire at Fero's, 357 South Colorado Boulevard. Firefighters raced to the scene, and discovered five fatalities -- four females and one male -- all with what White described as "some trauma" to their bodies.

Find more details about the crime in this story that Michael Roberts posted on Latest Word earlier this morning.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12's public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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