RETROJET ROARS OVER ROCKIES

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Southwest's Retrojet - featuring the airline's original livery - touches down at Denver International Airport.

RTD READIES REJUVENATED 16TH STREET LINE

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All Aboard! The first of RTD's 16th Street "Free Ride" buses has made its debut. The no-fare line goes into full service this summer on the rejuvenated boulevard, previously known as the 16th Street Mall.   

POLICE IDENTIFY 'FIVE POINTS PREDATOR'

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This is a mugshot Leon Keith Moskowitz. Denver police report he is a transient and sexually violent predator residing in Five Points. Colorado Law requires police to publicly share information about persons determined to be sexually violent predators. Moskowitz, 65, is 6-foot-1 and weighs 145 pounds.

HEARTBREAK: DENVER SEES SHOCK 30% INCREASE IN STARVING PETS

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The Denver Animal Shelter investigated 83 cases of emaciated pets since the start of the year - a 30% increase from the first six months of last year.

Malnourished dogs, cats and other domestic animals require intensive care, including special "refeeding" programs.

In some cases, according to shelter vet Claire Vaiden, emergency surgery extracts foreign objects devoured to relieve hunger - including toys, mulch, plastic and rocks.

Starving an animal is punishable by up to 300 days in jail and fines up to $999 in Denver.

If you find a starving pet, or can't afford to support a pet, call Denver Animal Protection at 720-913-2080 for help. 

ARREST 2 IN MONDAY NIGHT'S LODO SHOOTING

Denver police arrested two men as suspects in a Monday night shooting near 22nd and Larimer streets in the Lodo district.

They face charges of attempted first-degree murder. The victim's injuries weren't life threatening. The shooting may have resulted from an argument and robbery, police said.

The suspects, ages 18 and 22, were arrested in the 2700-block of Blake Street following reports of additional gunfire, police said.

CHARGES IN FATAL WRECK AT 11TH AND LINCOLN

Denver police cited a motorist for careless driving in Saturday's fatal collision with a moped scooter at East 11th Avenue and Lincoln Street.

Police initially reported the accident involved a motorcycle.

"Preliminary information indicates that the motorist was going eastbound on East 11th and made a left turn at Lincoln striking the moped scooter rider," police said. "The motorist was cited with careless driving resulting in fatality," police said.

LODO SHOOTING AT 22ND AND LARIMER

A shooting injured a person in the vicinity of 22nd and Larimer streets in Denver's LoDo district, police said Tuesday. The victim was transported to hospital with "non-life threatening" injuries, police said. Investigators were working to identify a suspect.

GET QUACKING! FIREFIGHTERS RESCUE WAYWARD DUCKLINGS

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Meet Denver's lucky ducklings. Engine Company 13 rescued these little quackers from a grimy storm sewer, plopped them in a pail and set them free into safer - and cleaner - waters.

11TH AND LINCOLN SCENE OF DEADLY WRECK

Police investigated a fatal accident Saturday night between a motorcycle and an auto in the vicinity of 11th Avenue and Lindon Street near downtown Denver.

SERIOUS INJURY IN I-25 HIT AND RUN CRASH

Police said a person sustained serious injuries Friday in a hit-and-run crash involving a motorcycle near northbound I-25 and Hampton Avenue in Denver.

POLICE FIND BODY NEAR STATE CAPITOL, CITY CENTER PARK

Police conducted an outdoor death investigation Saturday in the vicinity of Colfax Avenue and Broadway. The medical examiner will determine the cause of death. The location is near the state capitol, City Center Park, an RTD bus terminal and the old Denver Post building. 

YOU OTTER DROP BY FOR A VISIT

Photo: Denver Zoo
This is the Denver Zoo's Asian small-clawed otter family - Bu, Pintar, Jai, Rocket and Slinky. These critters - found in riverine habitats, freshwater wetlands and mangrove swamps in Asia and South Asia - live in family units with up to 12 members.

COP INJURED IN KNIFEMAN STANDOFF

A SWAT team arrested a knife-wielding man accused of attempted first-degree murder of a peace officer Sunday, police said. The officer sustained a laceration and bite injuries following a lengthy standoff and negotiations in the vicinity of East 14th Avenue and Vine Street in Denver. The suspect was transported to hospital for evaluation. The standoff off began after the suspect was reported to be menacing another person, police said.

2 HURT IN COLFAX HORROR CRASH

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A five-car wreck at East Colfax Avenue and North Quebec Street in Denver injured two people Sunday, police said.

MEMORIAL DAY: FLYING THE COLORS FOR OUR TROOPS

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Alaska and Horizon jetliners splashed in patriotic paint schemes pay a tribute to U.S. military forces, according to Denver International Airport.

HOMICIDE ON QUEBEC STREET; POLICE SEEK SUSPECT

A person was shot and killed early Monday in the 3800-block of North Quebec Street near I-70 in Denver, police said.

The shooting occurred at an old hotel converted into a transitional housing facility. It has a history of violent crimes, including a double homicide in March 2024, according to reports. Investigators were "working to develop suspect information" in the homicide, police said. Denver police also investigated a stabbing that injured a person Sunday in the 500-block of East Colfax Avenue.

SHE'S STICKING HER NECK OUT FOR MOMMA'S BOY

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Momma giraffe BB shares affection with her baby boy, Thorn, at the Denver Zoo. BB gave birth on March 7.

F-16 MEMORIAL DAY SALUTE OVER DENVER

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US F-16 Vipers are scheduled to fly in formation over Denver's Fort Logan National Cemetery at 11:50 a.m. on Memorial Day, May 26.

'DON'T MESS WITH DENVER'

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Lion Squad at Denver Zoo.

HIT AND RUN MAYHEM: MOTORCYCLE VS SCOOTER

Denver police investigated a hit-and-run crash Friday between a motorcycle and a stand-up scooter driver near 26th and Larimer streets resulting in a seriously injury. 

CRIME STOPPERS: DEADLY I-25 MYSTERY WRECK

INFECTED? MEASLES ARRIVAL AT DIA; HEALTH OFFICIALS ISSUE ALERT

Denver public health official confirmed a traveler with measles was infectious during a stopover at Denver International Airport and the airport Quality Inn on Tower Road on May 13 and 14. The traveler arrived at Terminal A and departed from Terminal B.

Images: Denver Department of Public Health and Environment

RESCUE CHICKENS AND DUCKS DUMPED IN BARREL

Denver Animal Protection officers rescued eight ducks and five chickens dumped in a metal trash can this week, city officials said.

MAYOR WIELDS BUDGET AXE AS FISCAL CRISIS LOOMS

Falling sales tax revenue, rising costs and cutbacks in federal aid are forcing Denver's municipal government to impose furloughs and a hiring freeze, Mayor Mike Johnston said Thursday. Deeper cuts, including layoffs, could be next. "Denver now projects $50 million less revenue for 2025 and a $200 million gap in 2026 – marking the city’s first non-pandemic revenue drop in over a decade," according to Johnson's office.

FIRE HITS PARK HILL APARTMENT BUILDING

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Firefighters extinguished a blaze in an apartment building near 15th and Grape Street in the Park Hill neighborhood, the Denver Fire Department said Thursday. No injuries were reported. The fire was contained to a single unit, officials said.

FLAMES RIP HISTORIC HOME IN WASHINGTON PARK

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Fire roared through an old Victorian-style home Wednesday on South Lincoln Street near Dakota Avenue in the Washington Park section of Denver. Firefighters encountered "heavy fire and smoke" on the second floor of the dwelling, the fire department said.  No injuries reported. 

DO YOU KNOW THIS MONDAY MORNING BANK ROBBER?

Photo: Denver Police Department

Going maskless, this brazen bank robber struck Monday morning at a Chase bank branch at 2930 West Evans Avenue in Denver - and may regret it. He passed a note demanding cash. He's thin and stands between 5-foot-4 and 5-foot-7.

PRESCIOUS KITTEN SURVIVES NEAR-DEATH ORDEAL

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Denver Animal Shelter medics saved this loveable kitten named Toast from a brush with death. She was rescued - "literally freezing" - from a window well last November, the shelter reports. Sadly, her two littermates didn’t survive. Support the Denver Animal Shelter.

WHEN SUPERSONIC CONCORDE WHOOSHED INTO DENVER

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One of British Airway's amazing Concorde supersonic jets zoomed UK Prime Minister Tony Blair into Denver International Airport in 1997.

Concorde also visited Denver's old Stapleton Airport in 1978.

Concorde entered commercial service in the mid-1970s and cruised at Mach 2 (roughly 1,350 mph) and an altitude of 60,000 feet. Regular jetliners fly as high as 40,000 feet.

Supersonic speeds were engaged only over the Atlantic Ocean due to noise levels and sonic booms.

The historic fleet was retired after a fiery Air France Concorde crash near Paris in 200o.

BACK TO THE FUTURE FOR 16TH STREET

With a three-year makeover nearly complete, city officials have resurrected the downtown 16th Street Mall's historic name. Henceforth it's just "16th Street." RTD's free Mallride bus service will be renamed Freeride. The full stretch of 16th Street from Broadway to Market Street is expected to be finished by autumn. Traffic issues should ebb.

ARREST TWO SUSPECTS WANTED IN MAY 14 MURDER

 
Police arrested a pair of murder suspects Monday near East Dartmouth Avenue and South Parker Road in connection with a shooting in Aurora.

Hee Dah Weh, 24, and Latrayvon Dashen Bullard, 23, both of Aurora, are being held on first-degree homicide charges in the May 14 shooting that killed one man and injured two others in the parking lot of a grocery store at 1155 South Havana Street on May 14. "One man was pronounced dead at the scene; the other, a 36-year-old Aurora man, remains hospitalized with life-threatening injuries," Aurora police said. "A third victim, a 46-year-old Aurora woman, later arrived at a nearby hospital by private vehicle, also suffering from a gunshot wound." Evidence suggests an altercation led to the shooting, police said.

CRIME STOPPERS: HUNT DORKY, DENVER BANK ROBBER

HOW DO YOU DO - KUDU?

Photo: Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo named a lesser kudu born this year Elphaba, sticking with the theme of strong female movie characters like her mother Elsa ("Frozen") and cousin Eleanor ("The Good Place") Elphaba - or "Elphie" is named for Witch of the West ("The Wicked".) Lesser kudus are medium-sized bushland antelope from East Africa.

HERO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SAVE SWIMMER'S LIFE

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Denver police honored five students who rescued and resuscitated a drowning swimmer at the Thomas Jefferson High School pool on April 14.

 "One brave student immediately began CPR, performing chest compressions until the student regained consciousness—before EMS even arrived," the police department said. They were honored with the Citizen’s Appreciation Award. "Their teamwork and courage in a critical moment made all the difference," the department said.

POLICE INVESTIGATE 3 FATAL ACCIDENTS; 2 ARE HIT & RUN

Police Sunday investigated fatal hit and run accidents involving pedestrians in the vicinity of I-25 and 23rd Street and Colfax Avenue and Speer Boulevard in Denver.

Jose Hernandez, 22, was arrested for investigation of vehicular homicide in the Colfax tragedy, police said. The suspect vehicle was located abandoned near the scene.
Police also reported a fatal accident involving a pedestrian on I-70 near Federal Boulevard. Evidence suggests, "the person was struck while attempting to recover ski equipment that fell from their vehicle," police said.

BUILDING BLAZE NEAR LINCOLN PARK

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Firefighters extinguished a fire Saturday in a multi-family structure at 13th and Osage, near Lincoln Park, the Denver Fire Department.

HAPPY BIRD-DAY! DENVER ZOO'S 'SALEM' TURNING 30

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Salem, a cassowaries residing at the Denver Zoo, is marking three decades of life. Cassowaries are flightless birds native to Australia, Western New Guinea, Papua New Guinea and the Moluccas. No petting. Cassowaries are known to attack humans and domestic animals.

GULITY OF MURDER IN COORS FIELD SHOOTING

Photo: Denver Police Department A jury returned a guilty verdict in the first-degree murder trial of Javon Price, 25, gunman in a shooting outside Coors Field on Aug. 6, 2021, the Denver DA said Friday. Price, who faces life in prison without parole, killed Gregory Hopkins at 22nd and Wazee streets after an argument. A bystander was hurt. Sentencing is set for July 2.
Jail records indicate Price also faces charges of attempting to escape custody and assaulting an officer.

TRUE CRIME: BOILER BLAST KILLED 22 AT DENVER HOTEL AS OPERATOR VISITED SALOON

Photo: The Locomotive

On Aug. 19, 1895, a boiler exploded at downtown Denver's Gumry Hotel while the boiler operator was at a saloon. The explosion killed 22 people including Peter Gumry, proprietor.

 "Naught but the walls were left intact," the Aspen Weekly Times reported. A Utah newspaper called it "a gaunt and sinister ruin."

The hotel was located on Lawrence Street between Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets.

"The firemen, with light and torch, entered all parts of the hotel," an insurance industry trade journal reported journal. "Out of the pile of brick, wood and iron below came feeble moans and piteous cries."

Author Howard Potter Dunham, writing in a 1912 textbook entitled "The Business of Insurance," said the boiler was low on water. 

James Murphy, trapped in the ruins, pleaded with firemen to amputate his leg. Moments later a wall collapsed and buried Murphy. He died.

M.E. Letson, a dairyman, who waited 10 hours for rescuers to reach him, told a newspaper correspondent of his ordeal:

"You cannot have the slightest idea of my feelings as I lay there in the bottom of the basement with all the ruins on top and around me, hearing the excruciating cries of the dying and those in agony and being almost overcome by the shock, and also soaked with water and almost drowned and fearing that the next minute I would be buried alive."

A newspaper said: "Cries of a babe and the moans of men and women could be heard, but the flames and smoke increased, and finally the voices were all silenced."

Three Denver firemen - P. Gilchrist, J.E. Troy and Louis Maguire - were injured when a wall collapsed and "were almost suffocated to death by smoke and dust," according to a news dispatch. They survived.

Boiler operator Helmuth Loescher fled Denver but returned to face investigators.

A coroner's jury determined it was impossible to assign blame, according to the October 1895 edition of The Locomotive, a publication of the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company.

The jury assailed Gumry and his business partner for allowing Loescher to work long hours; censured Loescher for negligence; and criticized the city boiler inspector for lax procedures and standards.

I-25 SCENE OF FATAL HIT AND RUN CRASH

Denver police Saturday investigated a fatal hit-and-run accident between a car and a pickup truck on southbound I-25 near the Colorado Boulevard exit. Reports said police were hunting for a dark colored pickup truck. Southbound I-25 was shut down for more than three hours.

CRIME STOPPERS: HIT AND RUN DRIVER MOWS DOWN 2 PEDESTRIANS THURSDAY PM

DENVER JOINS SUIT AGAINST TRUMP FUNDING CUTS, MAYOR MIKE SAYS

Denver joined Chicago and Pima County, Arizona, Friday in a lawsuit fighting Trump administration efforts to cut federal funding to assist migrants. "Donald Trump has time and again tried to divide the country instead of finding bipartisan solutions on immigration," Mayor Mike Johnston said. "Now, the Trump administration is illegally trying to punish cities who did the work the federal government couldn’t," the mayor said. Three years ago, belligerent Texas officials started busing migrants to Denver and other sanctuary cities as they crossed the border from Mexico.

SUV PLOWS INTO RTD BUS; SUV DRIVER HURT

An SUV slammed into the side of an RTD bus early Friday at East 47th Avenue and Havana Street in Denver. The SUV driver suffered serious injuries, police said. None of the bus passengers required hospitalization. Police blocked off the area to traffic.

OUTRAGE OVER DIA OFFICIALS FLYING FIRST CLASS; FARES UP TO $19,000!

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Top executives live well at Denver International Airport.

Nine of them recently flew roundtrip to Madrid in first class and business class racking up thousands and thousands in air fares, including a $19,000 ticket. Another fare cost almost $16,000.

"Our policy allows us to do that," DIA chief Phillip Washington, one of the nine, told CBS 4, which uncovered the gold-plated travel itinerary. 

"Those costs may seem high; they are an investment in our people," Washington said. "We sent who we sent, and they are going to pay dividends as we build out this infrastructure." 

If that's so, why did the DIA terminal renovation take so long - and cost so much?

A travel consultant quoted by CBS 4 said he was in "shock, disbelief" to learn of the jumbo fares.

FBI SCAM ALERT: FAKE COPS SEEK CASH, CARDS

Be on the lookout. The FBI Field Office in Denver is warning the public about fake cop scams. "Criminals pose as officers to steal personal information or defraud you of your hard-earned money," the FBI says. "Always verify directly with authorities before providing personal or financial information. We don't ask for gift cards, crypto or gold."

BARK ABOUT 'RAISE YOUR PAW' CAMPAIGN

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Help our four-legged friends. The Denver Animal Shelter says: "Our Raise Your Paw donation drive is here—and it’s all about giving Denver’s forgotten animals the safety, love, and care they deserve all year long. Donate by June 30 and your gift will be matched, doubling your impact for animals in need."

DOWNTOWN STRIP CLUBS SLAPPED IN WAGE RIPOFF

The long arm of the law is patting down Denver's exotic dance dives.

The Denver Auditor's Office said it ordered a pair of downtown strip clubs - Diamond Cabaret and Rick's Cabaret - to pay more than 250 workers $13,958,000 in wage restitution and penalties. Additionally, The Denver Post said city officials have moved to yank Diamond Cabaret's business license. There's a "high risk of wage theft" at strip clubs, watering holes and eateries, the auditor's office said. Diamond Cabaret is located at 1222 Glenarm Place while Rick's address is 1443 Stout Street.

RADIO TERROR IN SKIES OVER DENVER

Radio transmitter failures at a key air traffic control center serving Denver International Airport blacked out communications with as many as 20 aircraft this week. Monday afternoon's outage lasted for several minutes, local television's News 7 reported.  

HIGH-TECH SLEUTHING LEADS TO LODO SHOOTING SUSPECT

Using surveillance video and an automated license plate tracking system, Denver police zeroed in on a suspect in a shooting that injured four people at 19th and Market streets in Lodo.

Carlos Lujan, 25, faces four charges of attempted murder, police said Tuesday.

The May 4 shooting erupted after an altercation between two groups. Police were alerted by citywide "shot spotter" audio technology. Three men and a woman were injured.

Lujan, who fled in his auto, was booked into the Downtown Detention Center on $100,000 bond on May 9, according to jail records.

MOB TOWN: 'WALKIE TALKIE' TALKED - THEN BEATEN, SHOT

On Aug. 7, 1963, the body of a talkative Denver police informant aptly named named Robin "Walkie Talkie" Roberts, 33, was found in a ditch in Applewood in Jefferson County.

He had been beaten and shot - gangland style.

Roberts, a familiar face in gambling circles, was last seen at the Navarre Cafe at 1727 Tremont Place in Denver with reputed mobster Joe "The Ram" Salardino.

A suspect named Robert Shanks, 27, was acquitted. The case went cold. 

Among those taking the stand at the Shanks trial was reputed gangster Eugene Smaldone Jr., 27, of the Smaldone gang, who returned to Colorado from a federal prison in Texas, where he was serving an 18-month sentence for a interstate gambling.

Roberts was a co-defendant in that case and Smaldone declined to answer questions, citing the Fifth Amendment of the US. Constitution, which protects a person from self-incrimination.

His father and uncle -  reputed Denver mob leaders Eugene "Checkers" Smaldone Sr. and Clyde "Flip Flop" Smaldone - refused to testify at the Shanks trial, too. 

STANDOFF WITH POLICE ENDS IN ARREST

A standoff with Denver police ended in an arrest early Tuesday. There were no injuries in the incident in the vicinity of  West Mississippi Avenue and South Irving Street, which began as a "shots fired" call, police said. Neighbors were advised to shelter in place during the standoff.

FIRE GUTS AUTOS

A large alley fire destroyed four autos and scorched a tire shop at Barberry Place and Federal Boulevard in Denver early Tuesday. There were no injuries, the fire department said.

DENVER'S FINEST AID YOUNG MOTHER AND BABY

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District 4 police officers Rohrbach, Nordskog and Gutierrez went to the aid of young Denver mother "in crisis" on April 7. The woman was caring for her infant alone, facing financial hardship - and out of baby formula. Nordskog went to a store and purchased baby formula, officials said.

POLICE NAB SUSPECTS IN PAIR OF STABBINGS

Ivan Gonzalez, 35, was arrested for investigation of second-degree assault in a stabbing in the 1100-block of East 18th Ave. in Denver, police said Monday. In another incident, Maria Quinal, 30, was detained for investigation of second-degree assault in a stabbing 5100-block of Leetsdale Drive. Both were booked into the Downtown Detention Center.

NO TABOO: 'YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY SILENT'

Mental health experts say: "It's okay to not be okay. If you or someone you know is struggling, you're not alone and you don’t have to stay silent. Report concerns anonymously 24/7 by calling 1-877-542-7233, visiting http://Safe2Tell.org, texting S2TCO to 738477, or using the Safe2Tell mobile app."

FIRST BUS RAPID TRANSIT STOP TAKES SHAPE

Photo: RTD
Construction workers installed the first of 32 steel arches marking stops on the new Bus Rapid Transit - BRT - system, RTD said Saturday. It is located on East Colfax Avenue at Park Avenue in Denver. (Voodoo Donuts sign illuminated on building to left.)

LODO'S LOW NIGHTLIFE - YET ANOTHER SHOOTING

A shooting injured a person early Saturday in Denver's popular and oft violent Lodo boozing and baseball district.

Police report the incident occurred in the vicinity of 19th and Wazee streets, home of the Dairy Block and about block away from Coors Field. The victim was transported to hospital.

Early last Sunday, four people sustained injuries when gunfire rang out at 19th and Market streets in Lodo. None of those injuries were considered life-threatening.

Bullets fly when the bars let out in the Wild West.

DEADLY HOUSE FIRE NEIGHBOR SAW 'THREE BIG FLASHES'

Photo: Denver Fire Department

Wednesday's deadly house fire near the intersection of Dakota Avenue and South Niagara Street was preceded by "three big flashes" and "coinciding with all of them, there was a very loud pop."

That's what a neighbor told a Denver TV station.

An elderly couple, described as "two lovebirds," died in the blaze.

The man's scorched face was covered in 1-inch lesions and "I’m thinking it must’ve been something combustible to blow up right in his face,” the neighbor, quoted by Fox 31, said.

"I hope they are doing a very thorough arson exam,” the neighbor said.

ARREST 2 IN KIDNAPPING OF BABY, SHOOTING

Denver police arrested Stephen Harper, 53, and Tiffany Earvin, 39, on charges of shooting a man and kidnapping a baby at 2300 Court Place on Tuesday. The infant was rescued and appeared to be unharmed, police said in a statement issued Thursday.

TRUE CRIME: DEADLY SACRIFICE AT CHURCH ALTER

Reputed anarchist Giuseppe Alia shot and killed a priest distributing communion at a Denver church on Feb. 23, 1908.

Father Leo Heinrichs, his aorta severed by the bullet, collapsed at the alter of St. Elisabeth of Hungary.

An off-duty Denver police officer arrested the unemployed shoemaker from Sicily.

Explaining his actions, Alia said: "I have a grudge against all priests in general. They are all against the workingman. I went to the communion rail because I could get a better shot."

Fearing he would be lynched, Denver police moved Alia to a jail in Colorado Springs. At his trial, the Italian consul in Denver testified Alia was insane.

Alia was convicted and executed at the state penitentiary in Canon City - after two escape attempts.

BUS TERMINAL SHOOTING VICTIM DIES; SUSPECT CHARGED

A woman shot at Denver's main bus station succumbed to her injuries and the suspect in the case has been charged with first-degree murder, the Denver DA said Wednesday.

Ileana Hernandez, 19, was wounded April 29 and died May 5, the DA said.

The suspect, Jakiem Whitham, also 19, has been in custody in the Denver Jail since April 29. Reports said Whitham was out on bond for an alleged assault in Arapahoe County.

TWO DEAD IN PRE-DAWN HOUSE FIRE

Photo: Denver Fire Department

Two people died early Wednesday in a house fire at Dakota Avenue and South Niagara Street, the Denver Fire Department said.

The dwelling was gutted.

A fire department spokesman said one victim was found near the front door of the home and the other was pulled from a bedroom.

The fire was reported at about 5 a.m.

BRAVE PUP 'PICCOLINO' ADOPTED AFTER BRUSH WITH DEATH

Photo: Denver Animal Shelter Piccolino - the stray, malnourished puppy who won the hearts of the Mile High City - has regained his health and found a new home, the Denver Animal Shelter said Tuesday. Piccolino arrived at the shelter in March fighting to survive. The shelter's veterinary worked staff valiantly to save him. Now, after a stint in foster care, he is with his new family.

ARREST SUSPECT IN CAPITOL HILL ALLEY SHOOTING

Clark Dismuke, 57, has been arrested as a suspect in a Sunday shooting in a Capitol Hill alley located between the 1400-blocks of Pennsylvania and Pearl streets. The victim was transported to hospital in critical condition. An argument may have led to the shooting.   

CRIME STOPPERS: SPEER BLVD. HIT AND RUN DRIVER STILL ON LOOSE

DRIVER HELD IN SUNDAY DEATH OF SCOOTER RIDER

Police arrested a motorist for investigation of vehicular homicide in the death of a woman riding a standup scooter near downtown Denver on Sunday night. Kedrick Feldon, 35, is suspected of driving while impaired, police said. The accident occurred in the 700-block of East Colfax Avenue.

SEEK SUSPECT IN LODO SHOOTING; 4 INJURED

Four people were shot Sunday night on Market Street in Denver's popular Lodo district.
The victims appeared to have non-life threatening injuries, police said. The fourth victim, initially unknown to police, went a hospital on their own to seek care. "Investigators are working to determine the circumstances leading to the shooting and to develop suspect information," police said. A passerby reported hearing about 10 shots, Fox 31 reported. If you have information, call the anonymous CrimeStoppers hotline at (720) 913-7867. The shooting occurred on Market near 19th Street, about a block from Coors Field. There was no baseball game Sunday night.

POOCH 'PICCOLINO' RECUPERATING IN FOSTER HOME

Photo: Denver Animal Shelter Cuddly canine Piccolino, the emaciated stray puppy nursed back to health by the Denver Animal Shelter since March, is "thriving" in a loving foster home. "He’s gained weight and has started to come out of his shell—playing and cuddling with his foster family," the shelter reports.

CRIME STOPPERS: DENVER WOMAN MISSING; LAST SEEN APRIL 15 ON EAST ILIFF AVE.

CRIME STOPPERS: DRIVER FLEES SHERIDAN BLVD. INJURY ACCIDENT

 

DENVER DA WARNS: BEWARE OF 'QR CODE' BOX SCAM!

Fraud alert from Denver DA: "Receive a package you didn't order? A card inside the box directs you to scan the QR code to find out who sent it to you. Don't do it! It's a scam. The QR code takes you to a fake website designed to steal your personal info."

DENVER MAN GULITY OF AFRICAN COUP TORTURE CHARGES

In April, a federal jury in Denver convicted Michael Sang Correa on torture charges stemming from a failed coup in the African nation of Gambia, the U.S Attorney's office said. Correa, a Gambian national residing in Denver, was convicted of beating and inflicting burns on alleged planners of the 2006 revolt under the U.S. Torture Act of 1994.

LOCKING HIM UP - AND THROWING AWAY THE KEY

Photo: Aurora Police Department

Convicted murderer and serial thug Lu Reh has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the slaying of a Denver catering business owner, the Denver DA said.

A stray bullet hit Ma Kaing, 42, as she was unloading groceries with her family on Xenia Street on July 15, 2022. A jury found Reh, 23, guilty of first-degree homicide and related charges in February.

Reh also faces charges in a fatal shooting in Aurora that occurred on May 30, 2022, officials said.

JUMBO, JUMBO JET BEGINS DENVER-MUNICH SERVICE

Photo: DIA
The Airbus A-830, the world's largest passenger airliner, has touched down in the Mile High City. German carrier Lufthansa will provide daily service between Munich and Denver International Airport featuring the full-length, double-deckers, which can seat more than 500 people. 

MOPPING UP: $8 MILLION IN 'ICE' FINES FOR LOCAL JANITOR FIRMS

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents said they issued a notice of intent to fine three Denver area janitorial and cleaning firms more than $8 million for employing "unauthorized workers." ICE identified the firms as CCS Denver, Inc., PBC Commercial Cleaning Systems, Inc. and Green Management Denver.

IT'S MAY DAY! BARK FOR JOY!

Consider adopting a pet. "Spread the joy of pethood & playing with your buddy like nobody's watching!" says the Denver Animal Shelter.