Denver Crime Report newsletter
The latest news from the crime and courts beat for Monday, December 29
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Monday, December 29, 2025

Teenage suspect in fatal Aurora shooting dies in Denver

A teenage “person of interest” in the shooting death of another Aurora teen killed himself in Denver last week, police said.

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Injured climber rescued at Eldorado Canyon State Park in Boulder County

Crews rescued an injured climber from a trail in Eldorado Canyon State Park on Saturday morning.

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Once a month, parents of Colorado homicide victims gather to heal

The first time Katy Uhl walked out of a meeting with the Parents of Murdered Children support group, she was certain she would never go back.

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1 killed, 3 injured in eastern Aurora crash with DUI, speeding suspected

Witnesses told investigators that a Jeep driving northbound on S. Gun Club Road attempted to pass other drivers several times by crossing into the southbound lanes, police said in the release.

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1 killed, several injured in Brighton DUI crash, suspected hit-and-run

The victim killed in the Sunday morning crash on U.S. 85 in Brighton, who has not been publicly identified, may have been hit by a third vehicle on the highway, police said.

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Colorado prison backlogs for sex offender rehabilitation lead to missed parole dates, others getting out without treatment

“What it’s intended to do is to lock up the most dangerous sexual offenders until they are safe to rejoin society,” a state oversight board member says. “That is not how it works in practicality.”

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Man killed Friday night at Tower Road and 105th Ave. in Commerce City

The Commerce City Police Department is investigating a fatal accident involving a pedestrian that occurred Friday night on Tower Road just north of 104th Avenue.