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The latest news from the crime and courts beat for Saturday, May 2
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Saturday, May 2, 2026

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 in Boulder, is a U.S. Marshals hold, meaning he’s in federal custody.

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Woman killed in Arapahoe County T-bone crash, sheriff says

Two cars collided in a T-bone crash at a north Centennial intersection late Wednesday night, killing a woman, according to the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office.

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Highlands Ranch teen missing since Tuesday found safe

A 17-year-old Highlands Ranch girl was found safely after she was missing since Tuesday, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said.