Denver Crime Report newsletter
The latest news from the crime and courts beat for Thursday, May 21
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Thursday, May 21, 2026

1 killed in northeast Denver shooting, police say

The person killed in the shooting in northeast Denver’s Montbello neighborhood will be identified by the Denver Office of the Medical Examiner.

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Internet company Cloudflare could cripple gore site used by Evergreen High School shooter but chooses not to, report finds

Months before a 16-year-old boy carried out a shooting at Evergreen High School, he joined an online gore forum that featured graphic videos of people dying.

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18 bodies found in hidden room at Pueblo mortuary identified, Colorado officials say

State investigators now know the names of 18 people whose remains were left to decompose in a hidden back room of a Pueblo mortuary for over a decade, Colorado Bureau of Investigation officials said Wednesday.

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Former Lakewood police officer had affairs with women he arrested, witnesses, affidavit says

A former Lakewood Police Department agent told investigators he had affairs with multiple women he met on the job and had sex with them while on duty, according to an arrest affidavit.

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Berthoud firefighter injured in head-on crash with wrong-way driver on I-25 in Denver

A Berthoud Fire Protection District lieutenant was seriously injured in a head-on crash on Interstate 25 on his way to work Sunday, according to a GoFundMe page.

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I-25 reopens after wrong-way crash south of Denver

A Wyoming man was seriously injured after he drove the wrong way on southbound I-25 in Douglas County early Wednesday morning, hitting an oncoming Toyota Camry, according to the Colorado State Patrol.

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20-year-old arrested on suspicion of DUI in Commerce City crash that killed 1, injured 2

Alcohol is believed to have been a factor in the crash, according to the Commerce City Police Department.