Crime and Public Safety

A hiker was seriously injured after a man attacked him while he was walking back to his vehicle at a Boulder County trailhead Monday night.

At least two Colorado prison wardens participated in a racist, homophobic group chat on both personal and work cellphones for years, prompting an internal investigation into their conduct that has stretched for 15 months.

The case of Lightning the German shepherd illustrates the stakes of Denver’s dangerous dog prosecutions, an oft-unscrutinized area of law enforcement that sits at the intersection of the city’s animal welfare, public safety and court systems.

Westbound U.S. 36 is closed in Superior because of a crash, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.

Arapahoe County sheriff’s deputies fatally shot a man during a confrontation in a Centennial backyard early Saturday morning, agency officials said.

Broomfield police responded to a disturbance in the 200 block of Flint Way, according to the department on X. That location is a short distance north of 120th Avenue and west of Main Street.

Aurora police this week arrested a third person suspected in the beating death of a 4-year-old boy who officers found unresponsive and covered “from head to toe” with bruises at an apartment in May.

A second person was arrested this week on suspicion of murder in a man’s death at Russell Square Park on Easter, the Denver Police Department said Friday.

An 18-year-old was arrested this week on suspicion of murder in a man’s shooting death at Russell Square Park on Easter, the Denver Police Department said Thursday.

West Metro firefighters responded to a “reported electrocution” at the Jewell Square Shopping Center at 10:20 a.m. Thursday, according to the agency.