I pray for him. You know, he dont deserve to die. I dont know what happened, but whatever happened he dont deserve it. Reporter that shooting happening next to the purina plant off i70. Now again police havent identified the victim. He is in the hospital in Critical Condition. But theyre still searching for that suspect at this hour. Well be following developments as the morning 7. Lets shift gears now, because you can cash in if you catch a beautiful shot showcasing aspens beauty. Outside magazzne is launching its first aspen photo challenge, asking local photographers, anyone to show the town through their perspective. The winner gets 3500 bucks. Lets check in with lisa to see if it is a good time to days and crisp nights that gives us pretty colors in the mountains. Skies are clear. Youll find pretty conditions for it looks like the next 12 to 24 hours. The mountains might pick up an isooated storm or two through the central mounnains this afternoon. Otherwise, clear skies, sunshine
Where there have been fire danger out today. Good afternoon. Its easy to see why. Im nearly 6 feet tall, and look here, ive got grasses almost to my waist and shoulder in some instances. The vegetation very dry along the front range. Some of our tinder in the mountains also very dry combined with the fuel and wind, youve got fire danger. Were off magnolia road outside of nederland where a small fire broke out after 3 00. Its o 355. Less than one acre, 30 contained. Definitely good news. Take a look at this video though. We showed you a piece of this just a minute ago up south of loveland. Really not too far from Johnsons Corner off i25. We had a fire break out earlier. It did burn at least 3 acres but crews made quick work of getting a handle on that fire which was really some good news. Back out here live in nederland, lauren, you mentioned that cold front. Let me tell you, its already very gusty wind up here in the foothills just northwest of denver. That cold air is on its way to yo
According to thornton fire officials. It was moving flames in all directions. The family we spoke with says the smoke was so thick, their response was to pack up their belongings and prepare to leave. Crews were able to stop the flames before any evacuations had to be issued. Crews are mopping up holl spots. Hotspots. Well let you know if we get any updates from thornton fire. More breaking news on this friday. The search underway for a driver who hit a cyclist then left the scene. It happened on 94 centennial. A grandmother taken two men conned their way into her denver home then stole precious gems from behind her back. They posed as denver water workers. In reality they were thieves. She wants people to know her story to protect themselves. Well, i usually dont invite anybody in. But they said were from the water department. Reporter they said she needed to check her water pipes for lead. This time its something she regrets. Then the men asked martinez to show him her backyard. She
Shots called. And they dont want to give away too much in terms of their operation of dealing with a lockdown. Its a team effort between Denver Police and the hospital. There was a short press conference just a few minutes ago. Both staff from the police and the hospital spoke to us. We have not locate good victims or located a suspect. However were in the process of coti the premises to determine what it is were dealing with. A campuswide lockdown since about 4 00. No one in, no one out of the campus. All employees and patients are safe. Reporter and we did get the chance to speak to one man whose wife is inside the hospital. He knows she is safe because theyre able to communicate by inside the hospital, they are concerned about everyone inside because it is such a large campus. Denver police have a description of the suspect, a white male in his mid30s, 130 pounds, with a flannel shirt and a hat. Well continue to remain onscene and keep you updated. More breaking news, a brush fire b
It feels like spring outside. Lauren whitney is in Colorado Weather Center tracking it all. How warm are we going to get . Upper 60s today. Its going to be warm. Right now, its warm to estes park to golden. Windy in the foothills and breezy in denver. But today is going to be our calm day because tomorrow the winds are going to crank up. Starting right now, we have 30 degrees in denver. 30 in burlington. 25 in aspen. 18 in craig. 31 in Grand Junction. The denver area, 32. 39 in inglewood. 34 in cass castle rock theres a few clouds out there. Here in denver, well start off with a few clouds. Mosty sunny to partly cloudy and a few more mostly sunny to partly cloudy and a few more clouds. 71 degrees by 5 00. Ill talk check with joel. The pictures we received from cdot on the shut down of i70 and glenwood canyon. Crews are clearing the roads to get them back open by tomorrow. Theres a huge detour in place. Let me show you where this starts at. You have i70 closes from gypsum to Glenwood Sp