Olympic swimmers made up the story about being robbed by armed men in rio. The Police Officials say the three swimmers, including ryan lochte, were actually involved in a rowdy gas station confrontation that was caught on video. In fact, this morning a source there is telling abc news at least one of the swimmers was seen on footage breaking down a door to the bathroom at the station and fighting a Security Guard. Then the security apparently used a gun, demanding money for the damage. Two of the swimmers were pulled off their u. S. Flying for questions. Lochte was already back home in the u. S. A crash shut down colorado boulevard near i70 this morning. A car and semi apparently collided and fuel spilled onto the ground. One person had to be extricated and taken to the hospital. Colorado boulevard between vasquez and 48th was closed several hours but traffic is lets get your first alert forecast as we get closer to the weekend. Its nice now. About 5 degrees cooler than at the same poi
Now, theeaccident investigators have been here. They pretty much have just picked up the scene here, and behind us it looks like that some of the traffic is now being allowed to continue northbounddhere from jewell. Looks like they may be starting to open this up. I think the southbound side will remain closed because the Fire Department has to do a washdown of the highway here. Looks like in the next 10, 15 minutes this all could be opened up out here. Lets nd lets show you on the map where he is now. Taking a look we are going to be seeing this area right now as he said, northbound and southbound is closed. Best way to get around it, avoid this area the ne 10 to 15 minutes. Yale to sheridan up to mississippi probably your best bet. Slowdown this morning i25 southbound between evans and hampton. Well cootiiue to see road work there, so traffic wiil be pretty heavy throughout the rush hour. Were seeing smooth driving conditions. I25 north and southbound. I70 heading to the mountains an
This block party at legacy high school. Its been less than a week since the school bus carrying the Football Team crashed at the denver airport. Three coaches injured and the driver dead. Not just football coaches. They are teachers. Part of the community. Everybody knows them. Reporter the school planned this block party weeks in advance but decided to collect donations for the victims. Tonight giving students a chance to be students after a theres been a lot of support and love. To the Football Players and coaches. Its been amazing. Reporter banners from other schools lined the fence. Sending well wishes to legacy. Tomorrow is a big day. . Reporter tomorrow the Football Team will take the field for the First Time Since the accident. They are going to be playing for the coaches. I already know that. I know they are excited for tomorrow. Reporter before the game, there will be a moment to recognize the tragedy and also a moment to thank the community youve seen over the past week. Just
Witnesses say they saw the homeowner being taken away in handcuffs with bags over his hands. And police say thats generally done to preserve evidence like gunshot residue. Friends of the couple were on scene and say they saw the couple in church sunday. The man is a pastor. Well have more on the death investigatioo today and developments a continues. Amanda del castillo, denver 7. Thank you. Getting a live look outside. 41 degrees. Starting to clear up after a rainy night. Lets check in with lisa hidalgo. Few more this afternoon and mitch, as things clear up a bit overnight youre going to find temperatures dropping. Were at 49 at city park. 38 in es assess park. Upper 30s. Cooler than yesterday. Mid to upper 40s in town. 60s out west. This afternoon is warmer than yesterday. We saw highs yesterday in the mid to upper 60s. Today were going to be closer to 78 by 3 00. Mix of sun and clouds this morning. But more sunshine today than we saw yesterday and that high of 78. Chance for a few m
Making a ruling. Friends of the couple say this is the result of a tragic death, not a crime, mentioning that the wife was sick for the lass year. However, witnesses say they saw the man being taken away from the scene in handcuffs, with bags over his hands. Thats generally done to preserve aay type of evidence, including gunshot residue. We did a search through the denver sherifffs Department Inmate search, and we didnt find his name in the next half hour well hear from a family friend. Reporting in montbello, im amanda del castillo, denver 7. Heres your first alert that we have a few showers across southern colorado this morning. Some dense fog across the northeastern plains. Youll see a mix of sun and clouds in denver this afternoon. Heres a view of that fog from our viera wireless camera. Thats in limon. East on i70 youll be running into that if youre heading into kansas. Temperatures now, upper 40s, noon. Chance for a few thunderstorms this afternoon. But our highs today a good, p