CRIME & SAFETY
FedEx driver shot during carjacking in Denver
DENVER (KKTV) - Suspects shot a FedEx driver and stole his truck before later ditching it near a tire yard, Denver police said Monday. Officers responded to the area of Vine Street and 47th Avenue north of downtown late Monday afternoon on reports of shots fired. The victim’s condition has...
Denver police investigate multiple home break-ins
DENVER — The Denver Police Department is investigating multiple break-ins that were caught on home surveillance cameras, possibly involving the same suspect. As of now, no arrests have been made. David and Heather Bacon said their home in Denver was broken into on November 22, the day before Thanksgiving.
4 fatal overdoses on Denver streets in less than 25 hours
DENVER — It took just over 24 hours this weekend for the Denver Police Department (DPD) to respond to four calls of people who’d died outside. It was a series of overdoses from Union Station to Broadway. It started Saturday at 4:44pm on North Alcott Street near Empower...
2 adults die in apparent Jeffco murder-suicide, child also hurt
Two people are dead and a child was injured after a shooting in the southwestern part of the Denver metro area overnight. Jefferson County deputies responded to a home on the 4300 block of South Holland Way early Monday morning when a family member called saying a father was shooting at a mother at a home. Three children who were present were able to escape, but the man fired at the children and at deputies. A girl was shot in the leg but is expected to recover. Neighbors were told to shelter in place for a time, and when a SWAT team went in they found a dead woman and they found the 54-year-old suspect dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The suspect was identified as James Aragon.The children are now with family members.
13-year-old arrested, charged with deadly stabbing of 40-year-old man
A 40-year-old man was stabbed to death in Aurora Sunday night and now a 13-year-old boy is in custody and charged with the man's murder. Police are characterizing it as a "family dispute."Aurora police say the stabbing happened around 9 p.m. in the 16000 block of East Easter Circle near South Chambers Way and South Parker Road. The area appears to be in the Acadia at Cornerstar Apartment complex.Aurora police say when its officers arrived, they found the man unresponsive in an entryway of one of the apartment buildings with multiple stab wounds to the torso. He was taken to the hospital where he later died.He was later identified as Dominic Ramon Robinson.CBS News Colorado reached out to the coroner's office but did not immediately hear back.Police say the suspect remained on the scene, where he was arrested. Due to his age, police can't reveal his name or any other information.Anyone with any information is asked to contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720.913.STOP (7867).
Doofus speeding in his Hyundai on I-225 in Aurora, CO loses control, crashes into a light pole, splits his car in half, and catches fire. Driver escapes on foot
A single person crash in the middle of the night has the tell-tale signs of a DUI. Presumed Colorado resident and Redditor /u/SdVeau shared dashcam footage to the /r/IdiotsInCars subreddit showing the hare brained moment from around 2 A.M. yesterday (November 26, 2023) when a driver in Hyundai Sonata travelling way too fast on I-225 in Aurora, CO lost control, crashed into a light pole and fled on foot while his Sonata burned.
Boy's great-aunt sentenced to 36 years in prison for beating him to death
DENVER — A woman who admitted to beating her 8-year-old great-nephew to death with a wooden back scrubber was sentenced to 36 years in prison on Monday afternoon in Denver District Court. Susan Baffour, 63, was also sentenced to five years of mandatory probation. She had faced 16 to...
Colorado Homicide Suspect Captured in Wyoming After Weeks on the Run
• James Neal, a homicide suspect wanted for allegedly killing a senior citizen in Denver, has been arrested in Wyoming after three weeks on the run. • Neal was captured in Wyoming and is currently in the Goshen County jail awaiting extradition back to Colorado.
‘Numerous’ horses killed, 1 person hospitalized in massive barn fire
FRANKTOWN, Colo. (KKTV/Gray News) - A number of horses died and one person was taken to the hospital after a massive fire destroyed a barn southeast of Denver Monday morning. Firefighters with the Franktown Fire Department responded to a location near Highway 83 and Russellville Road just before 4 a.m. after a smoke alarm went off in a horse barn.
Hit-and-Run Driver Sought in Fatal Aurora Intersection Crash
A fatal car accident occurred in Aurora when a driver ran a red light, causing a collision that killed a 28-year-old man. The culprit fled the scene immediately after the crash. Police are seeking information from the public to locate the runaway driver.
Denver Police Shoot Man Making 'Threatening Movement' Toward Handgun
• Denver police shot and injured a man who made a "threatening movement" towards a handgun in his waistband. • The incident occurred in the Washington Virginia Dale neighborhood, near George Washington High School.
Stopping domestic violence in Colorado
The death of a woman in an apparent domestic violence murder-suicide incident in Littleton early Monday came as yet another reminder of the toll of domestic violence killings in Colorado.The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office says deputies were called to a home in the 4300 block of South Holland Way, just south of the Englewood Correctional Center, just after midnight, saying the father in the home was shooting at the mother. The woman and 54-year-old James Aragon were both found dead. One of three children inside was hit in the leg by a bullet and a deputy grazed in the leg...
4 men die in Denver amid frigid temperatures
Thanksgiving weekend’s brutal cold set off a grim start to the holidays for people living outside. Four men died over a 24-hour period in downtown Denver amid the freezing weather this weekend. The cause of death for all four is still under investigation, according to Denver police, but a spokesperson said that they were found alone. ...