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THORNTON, Colo. — It’s been almost a year since the Thornton Walmart shooting. On top of grief, one family is now struggling to divide funds. More than 600 people donated around $30,000 to Victor Vasquez’s fund. It was brought to the Problem Solvers’ attention that Vasquez’s mother withdrew the money this summer and no one else received the funds, until Thursday. “She withdrew all the money, she didn’t let no one know, and she didn’t let us know, that she took the money, […]
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JOHNSTOWN, Colo. — A Johnstown police officer was the victim of a drowning at Horsetooth Reservoir on Monday. An officer says Yuri Thomas was at the reservoir with his wife, went in the water and never resurfaced. Thomas joined the force in Johnstown in February and leaves behind a wife. “He was in a happy point in his life,” Thomas’ wife Nola Thomas said. “He always had from childhood, a dream, of being a police officer, so when he acquired that […]
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AURORA, Colo. — A 10-year-old girl who was reported missing from her Aurora home was found safe after missing for more than 24 hours, the Aurora Police Department said Tuesday. “Well, I thought maybe she was dead or someone had done something because I didn’t know what had happened to her. But, now thanks to God, she’s fine,” her mother said as a family friend translated the conversation. The girl received some treatment after she was found about three miles from […]
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NEW BERN, NC – Hundreds of people have been rescued in the Carolinas as rising waters flood neighborhoods. In New Bern, North Carolina, a woman took to social media to as the water rose in her house. “I sent the tweet, I didn’t expect it to go viral,” New Bern resident Breeanna Perry said. Breeanna Perry sent a tweet in the middle of the night that likely saved her life, along with her mom and grandmother. All was well in […]
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BOULDER, Colo. — The Boulder Police Department released a composite sketch Saturday of a sexual assault suspect from an incident that happened early Friday morning. BPD says around 4:30 a.m. Friday, a female awoke to a man in her bed. “The victim woke up to a man in her bed that was attempting to have sex with her,” police said in a statement Friday. “That scares me. My heart is pounding,” one CU student said. The incident happened on the […]
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AURORA, Colo. — A couple said a freak accident at home sent shards of glass through a man’s arm, and hit the wrong spot. Doctors say the quick actions of his girlfriend is why he’s still alive. “Saved my life,” Josh Gilmore said. “Kept me alive.” Gilmore was working to take down a mirror when the glass broke in half, cut his arm and hit one of his arteries. “It split in half and came down on my arm,” Gilmore said. “Just […]
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BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. — The floods of 2013 were devastating, lives were lost and homes destroyed. Officials say in all the destruction, some lessons emerged as well. Officials describe the scene in 2013 as horrific. While the images are awful, they’re also seen as helpful. “I saw people coming out of flood waters, some of them for the first time in three days, still wet, still covered in mud, shaking as bad as their dog was shaking,” said former Colorado […]
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AURORA, Colo. — While Hurricane Florence is expected to make landfall hundreds of miles from Colorado, the impact is still felt as friends and family of those along the Carolina coast worry about their loved ones. Greenville, North Carolina, is between the state’s capital of Raleigh and the coast. It’s a city that’s bracing for the worst as Florence make its way West. “I’m extremely concerned,” said Adeea Rogers, who lives in Colorado. “My mother is a pastor of a […]
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AURORA, Colo. — Nine months into the year and the Aurora Police Department has been involved in eight shootings. “Eight is a high number, I’m not going to say it’s not,” Aurora Police Chief Nick Metz said. The agency recorded five officer-involved shootings in 2016 and one in 2017. “We’re seeing a lot more guns out there I think. I can’t give you an exact reason as to why our officers are finding themselves in more of these situations, but the […]
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AURORA, Colo. — A teenager is home from the hospital after injuries from a hit-and-run left him unresponsive. “I got a second chance at life,” Javion Hurd said. “Like, I don’t know nobody who wouldn’t be positive if they got to come back here and spend time with their family, their mom, sisters, brothers, stuff like that. It’s a blessing, you shouldn’t be nothing but happy, you got a second chance at life.” Hurd still has a long road to recovery. He […]
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DENVER — The start of the NFL season is Thursday. As teams gear up for kickoff, one longtime fan says he is cutting ties with the Broncos and will no longer watch the NFL in support of Colin Kaepernick. “It’s an NFL thing completely,” Broncos fan Jonathan McMillan said. Kaepernick’s decision to take a knee and protest police brutality has lots of people distancing themselves from their teams. Last year, a woman said she could no longer watch the Broncos […]
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FREDERICK, Colo. — The lives of Shanann Watts and her two daughters were remembered at their memorial service Saturday in Pinehurst, North Carolina. The woman and her two young girls from Frederick were killed last month. In a traditional Catholic ceremony, the lives of the victims were honored. Shanann’s unborn son, Nico, was celebrated as well. “Shanann was a woman of love, she loved God, she loved her family, and she loved her friends,” the priest said. “Shanann was a […]
