Three teens charged in Colorado fire that killed five KATE FELDMAN
Three teenagers were arrested Wednesday for an August arson fire that killed five members of a Senegalese family in Denver.
The unidentified boys, two 16 years old and one 15, face 28 charges, including first-degree murder with extreme indifference, arson, burglary and assault, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and Denver Police Department Chief Paul Pazen announced at a press conference.
Djibril Diol, 29, his wife Adja Diol, 23, and their 2-year-old daughter Khadija were killed in the Aug. 5 blaze, along with Djibril’s sister, Hassan, and her infant daughter, Hawa.
Three other people in the house were able to escape by jumping out of the second-floor window.
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Teens Charged In Deadly Denver Arson
Three teenagers have been arrested in connection with the intentionally set fire that killed a family of five last August. KUSA s Marc Sallinger reports.
January 28, 2021
(KUSA/NBC News) Three teenagers have been arrested in connection with the intentionally set fire that killed a Colorado family of five last August, according to Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen.
Two of the suspects are 16 and one is 15, Pazen said. All three are male, and because they are under 18, their names have not been released to the public.
Pazen said at this point, the investigation does not indicate this was a bias-motivated crime.
3 teens arrested in Denver house fire that killed 5
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DENVER – Three teenagers have been arrested in connection with a house fire in Denver that killed five recent immigrants, including two children, from the West African nation of Senegal, police said Wednesday.
Chief Paul Pazen said the suspects – two 16-year-olds and a 15-year-old – were being held for investigation of first-degree murder, burglary and assault. The evidence does not indicate that the crime was bias-motivated, and police cannot release many additional details about what happened because of the ages of the suspects, Pazen said.