Shots fired in Denver’s Civic Center after pot rally, 2 shot
Denver Post: Two people were shot in Denver’s Civic Center during Saturday’s 4/20 pot rally. A man and a woman were both shot in the leg and taken to the hospital, according to police. Neither of their injuries were life-threatening.
Organizers predicted around 80,000 attendees at Saturday’s gathering in Denver. The celebration was the first since Colorado and Washington legalized marijuana for recreational use.
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Photo: A 4/20 rally crowd disperses after reports of shots fired at Civic Center Park Saturday afternoon, April 20, 2013. (Andy Cross, Denver Post)
We just mentioned a few hours ago that security was being put in place for Denver’s first ever legal 4/20 gathering, and now this news comes across the wire. Simply awful.
Glad nobody was hurt. Police haven’t identified a suspect, but do have a “possible vehicle of interest.” source
This weekend’s front pages in the wake of the Batman midnight movie massacre in Aurora, Colorado:
“EVERYBODY IS HURTING”
The Sunday Denver Post - July 22, 2012
“OUR HEARTS ARE BROKEN”
The Denver Post - July 21, 2012
The Denver Post’s coverage of this story has been second-to-none. A huge credit to them as their community copes.
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Colorado’s 9News is currently streaming live news coverage of the mass shooting at the Century 16 Theater in a Denver suburb.
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“I didn’t see anything, but just the gasps and the sparks were enough.” — D.J. Tatum, an eyewitness in the movie Theater 8 who spoke with a 9News reporter. The shooting took place in Theater 9, but was so aggressive that some of the gunfire flowed into the nearby theater. The person next to him was shot in the jaw.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7geklnigf1qchhhqo1_500.png)
Colorado’s 9News is currently streaming live news coverage of the mass shooting at the Century 16 Theater in a Denver suburb.
[Link]
“I didn’t see anything, but just the gasps and the sparks were enough.” — D.J. Tatum, an eyewitness in the movie Theater 8 who spoke with a 9News reporter. The shooting took place in Theater 9, but was so aggressive that some of the gunfire flowed into the nearby theater. The person next to him was shot in the jaw.
Here’s a clip of the aftermath of the attack on the movie theater near Denver — a lot of commotion, doesn’t appear to be a lot of violence exposed, but it’s nonetheless harrowing. Such a scary incident, we could not even imagine this happening.
Devin Whitney, who suffers from a rare disease known as Oto-Palatal-Digital Syndrome, is hoping to land the prom date of his dreams. Originally planning to skip the event altogether, fearing ridicule from his classmates, Devin says his mind was changed when he recently saw Swift in concert. He’s managed to gain the attention of Denver’s local NBC affiliate, his classmates, family, and over 7,000 YouTube viewers. Considering the country star has pulled through for fans in similar situations, this certainly seems like a worthwhile cause. So let’s give him a hand, shall we? source
(Full disclosure: Devin is related to several of my former co-workers. — Scott @ SFB)
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» The GOP did maintain its hard-right stance on a number of other issues, with ninety-six percent of those in attendance voting to repeal “Obamacare”, and another eighty-nine percent supporting restrictive Voter ID laws. Eighty-three percent also voted in favor of making English the country’s official language.
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Arrest photos from this morning’s Occupy Wall Street march/standoff. Pretty sure that’s a baton connecting with a dudes back. See more photos here
Oh, That’s gotta hurt.
Oh wow. Yeah, the protests got pretty rough today in NYC, but they’re not alone. The folks in Denver weren’t so lucky — they lost their protest spot. And Occupy Seattle was in a similar boat.
Earl Albert Moore arrested: The man, sixty-five years old, is being held as the primary suspect in last week’s frightening attempted pipe-bomb/propane explosion at a Denver area shopping mall. It’s being reported that Moore left federal prison just one week before the alleged plot, and that the FBI now considers any relation between this incident and the 12th anniversary of the Columbine High School shootings “unlikely.” source
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