CRIME & SAFETY
Pueblo police say homicide was caught on surveillance footage and ShotSpotter technology
An alleged homicide in which a 27-year-old man was shot and killed earlier this month was caught on surveillance footage as well as ShotSpotter technology, according to an arrest affidavit authored by the Pueblo Police Department. Police initially found a man, later identified as Adams, dead in a vehicle in...
WATCH: Pueblo Mayor addresses crime with law enforcement
The full press conference can be viewed via the video player above. (PUEBLO, Colo.) — Pueblo Mayor Heather Graham was joined by the Pueblo Police Department’s (PPD) Chief of Police and the Special Agent in charge of the FBI’s Denver Field Office to address recent homicides and gun violence in the community on Tuesday morning, April 23. […]
Pueblo’s homicide rate sparks concern, city relaxes police hiring rules
Pueblo’s spiking homicide rate this year has caught the attention of the federal government and is dire enough that the city is relaxing rules to make it easier and quicker to hire more law enforcement officers. Since January, there have been 11 homicides in Pueblo - or one per...
Pueblo police seize 16 firearms and narcotics in 10-day sweep
(PUEBLO, Colo.) — The Pueblo Police Department (PPD) said over 10 days, officers were able to execute search warrants which led to the seizure of multiple firearms and narcotics. According to PPD, between April 6 and April 16, police executed two search warrants that led to the seizure of:
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