{"id":167,"date":"2026-05-11T04:05:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T04:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=167"},"modified":"2026-05-11T04:05:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T04:05:29","slug":"man-shot-to-death-in-south-thornton-early-sunday-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=167","title":{"rendered":"Man shot to death in south Thornton early Sunday morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><strong>Getting your Trinity Audio player ready&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>One man is dead and another is under investigation for murder after an early Sunday morning shooting in south Thornton, according to the police department.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=165\">December\u2019s power outage still haunts this Boulder resident<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thornton officers responded to the shooting in the 9700 block of Ogden Court just after 3 a.m. Sunday, according to a news release from the police department.\u00a0A witness who called 911 told dispatchers that someone was trying to break into their vehicle and that shots had been fired.<\/p>\n<p>When they arrived, officers found a man who had been shot lying near a crashed truck, police said in the release. Investigators believe the man was breaking into vehicles and tried to leave the area in the truck after being shot, but collided with several parked cars.<\/p>\n<p>Paramedics took the 34-year-old man to the hospital, where he later died. He will be identified by the Adams County Coroner\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=163\">Pedestrian killed in crash with RTD train north of Denver<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A 23-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder in the shooting, police said. He was released later Sunday morning \u201cpending charges and further investigation,\u201d the release stated.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators do not believe the victim or the suspect knew each other, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the Thornton Police Department tip line at 720-977-5069.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=161\">After two years of struggle, lawmakers are poised to rewrite \u2014 and scale back \u2014 Colorado\u2019s AI regulations<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story and may be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One man is dead and another is under investigation for murder after an early Sunday morning shooting in the 9700 block of Ogden Court in south Thornton, according to the police department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime-and-public-safety","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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