gun violence
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Aurora, Denver to launch gun buyback program in wake of recent youth shootings
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Aurora and Denver are partnering to host a gun buyback program next year in response to recent youth shootings in the metro area. Aurora was rocked recently by two shootings outside of local high schools. The first shooting, outside of Aurora Central High School, left six teenage students wounded on Nov. 15. Four days later,…
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Aurora police release suspect vehicle photos after 6 teens shot near high school, offer reward
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Investigators on Tuesday continued to search for suspects in Monday’s mass shooting that left six teenagers wounded in a park next to Aurora Central High School. The Aurora Police Department released photos of two black vehicles believed to be involved in the shooting, and a reward of $7,000 is being offered for any information that…
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6 teenagers wounded in shooting at Aurora park; suspects at-large
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Six teenagers were wounded Monday afternoon in a shooting at a park near an Aurora high school, the Aurora Police Department announced. Police found five victims between the ages of 14 and 17 at Nome Park at Peoria Street and East 13th Avenue, just north of Aurora Central High School. Police announced the shooting at…
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Columbine families gather to tell stories nearly 20 years on (GALLERY)
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JEFFERSON COUNTY — Families of the Columbine High School shooting victims gathered at the school on Saturday to tell their stories nearly 20 years after the tragedy, and they spoke of forgiveness, inclusion and healing, and the balm that sometimes only silence can bring. It was on April 20, 1999, that two Columbine students gunned…
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TOLTZ | Remembering the victims of senseless school violence
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On a very hot sunny Saturday afternoon this month, I attended yet another gun violence prevention protest rally on the west steps of Denver’s Colorado State Capitol. This one was a local version of the national March on the NRA, a student-activist led movement of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student survivors of the Valentine’s Day 2018 school shooting. MSD students…
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TRAIL MIX: Colorado candidates take aim at gun issues
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As Colorado’s primary-election campaign hits the home stretch (ballots get mailed in early June) and the general election lies within sight, some of the sharpest jabs thrown by candidates and their supporters lately have involved guns and legislation aimed at curbing gun violence. With news of the May 18 shooting that left 10 dead at…
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FEEDBACK | Fair workplaces; violent campuses
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Businesses can do well while also doing good Good Business Colorado members know that it’s just good business to promote a productive workforce and a healthy economic environment – they produce a strong economy and thriving communities. A strong economy is one that allows everyone to succeed, with jobs that provide fair workplaces, livable wages…
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Columbine High School students get shout-out from Parkland student leader
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Marjory Stoneman Douglas student David Hogg is among those calling for a nationwide student walkout to protest gun violence on Friday, April 20. But he’s also standing in support of Columbine High School students who won’t be walking out Friday, the 19th anniversary of the Columbine massacre. On April 11, Hogg re-tweeted a call for…
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School walkouts planned across Colorado to memorialize Florida shooting
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Dozens of walkouts are planned at Colorado high schools Wednesday at 10 a.m. to memorialize the Feb. 14 massacre at a high school in Parkland, Fla. Organizers say at least 2,500 schools nationwide are participating. “We will no longer tolerate gun violence,” Jua Fletcher, Sofia Garcia and Sophie Cardin, student organizers at South High School…