Denver Crime Report newsletter
The latest news from the crime and courts beat for Sunday, May 3
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Sunday, May 3, 2026

Denverites call for action in wake of deadly shootings

Six people were killed in the first 10 days of April, and while Denver police investigators have said the homicides were not connected, that does not lessen their impact, community leaders said Saturday.

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Westminster officer fatally shoots armed man during Arvada domestic violence incident

A Westminster police officer shot and killed an armed man during a domestic violence incident in Arvada’s Lamar Heights neighborhood on Saturday morning, officials said.

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Hundreds targeted by Denver text scam show up for fake court hearing

At least 200 people crowded into the Denver City & County building on Friday morning after receiving a scam text about a traffic violation and court hearing.

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Aurora man told police he fatally shot stepbrother in self-defense, affidavit says

Zackery Mitchell Williams, 32, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder in the shooting death of 36-year-old David Burrow.

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Man faces up to 38 years in prison after pleading guilty in Denver shooting

A man faces up to 38 years in prison after pleading guilty this week to second-degree murder in a shooting death in Denver’s Jefferson Park neighborhood last year.

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Message carved into Evergreen High School shooter’s shoe invoked ‘incel’ ideology, experts say

The message, along with other details released in the reports, confirm that the 16-year-old school shooter was part of a new wave of online extremism known as nihilistic violent extremist networks.

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Why the man accused in Boulder’s Pearl Street firebombing is in Jefferson County Jail

Mohamed Soliman, the man accused in the Pearl Street firebombing