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The latest news from the crime and courts beat for Tuesday, May 12
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Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Man killed by Frontier plane at DIA died by suicide, medical examiner says

The pedestrian fatally struck by a Frontier Airlines plane at Denver International Airport on Friday died by suicide, according to the medical examiner.

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Denver agrees to pay $225,000 to settle lawsuit after police held up, fired at wrong people

The officers had mixed up the people’s car with that of a suspect’s, which was a similar color.

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Evacuations lifted for wildfire near Carter Lake west of Loveland

Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for a 10- to 15-acre wildfire reported near Carter Lake just before 3 p.m. Monday, according to officials.

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NTSB collecting information on Frontier’s emergency evacuation after Friday crash at DIA

“We know there are questions to be answered still,” DIA CEO Phil Washington said in a statement Sunday about the fatal Frontier Airlines crash.

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Man shot to death in south Thornton early Sunday morning

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.

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Pedestrian killed in crash with RTD train north of Denver

The pedestrian was fatally hit by RTD’s G Line train on a section of track between the Arvada Ridge and Olde Town Arvada stations, police said.

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Western Slope police shoot, injure armed man, Colorado officials say

Two Montrose Police Department officers shot an armed man in a confrontation Saturday afternoon, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation said.