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The latest news from the crime and courts beat for Friday, May 22
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Friday, May 22, 2026

Police arrest juvenile in fatal northeast Denver shooting

Denver Police arrested a juvenile male in connection with a fatal shooting in northeast Denver, the agency said Friday.

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Colorado State Patrol to pay $50,000 to Facebook commenter banned by agency

The Colorado State Patrol has agreed to pay $50,000 to a man who had been banned from the agency’s Facebook page for leaving critical comments.

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Minor killed in shooting in northeast Denver, police say

The killing was the second fatal shooting in the area Thursday.

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Missing evidence, mishandled cases and financial malfeasance: ‘The law just doesn’t exist’ in this rural Colorado county

The mishandling of criminal cases has been a common occurrence in Costilla County for years, prosecutors and former employees say. So they weren’t entirely surprised when the San Luis Valley DA announced the indictment of half the department.

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Denver metro bear sightings likely to increase amid Colorado drought

CPW has seen an influx of bear sighting reports this month, but it’s too soon to definitively connect that increase to the drought.

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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.