Edited segment of that clip. This shows the officer responding to the scene this after detective dan wright has been shot. He gets in a Police Cruiser and gets to the scene of the crashed rv and he fires one shot from his ar15 rifle hitting and killing the suspect from about 30 yards away. An investigation found that officer did nothing wrong. Im sure it weighs on him that he had to human life. But the alternative, were never going to know that because that was just an amazing shot. We got our latest update on detective dan wright, he remains in a rehab hospital. But according to to coworkers and officials here he left the scene of that shooting without a pulse anden given a 1 chance to . Ive when he first got to the hospital. But live he did. Police headquarters. Its been part of the National Conversation for months now, talking about the use of force by police. Theres a fine line between protecting the officers themselves and going over that line. So now Denver Police has taken steps
Blew a tire and tried to run. A police dog evenly caught him. You could tell it was a fame member. She was having trouble walking she was so emotionally distraught. Reporter the suspect, eric mastiss, was taken to the hospital. The good news, those kids are home safe. Were live molly hendrickson, denver 7. Some punish parents in comes city are at their wits end with the school district. For the 3rd straight day, the school bus left their children waiting and waiting. The biggest impact, kids showing up to class half app hour to an hour late. Russel haythor network has been digging for answers. Thing. Around 7 or 5, the bus is supposed to be there. Reporter on day 2. The bus forgot to pick them up. Reporter now mom jessica q arks to is losing her patience. I was really tick off. Her 6th grade son is awetist pick hes been late to 1stst period all 3 days. Hes a schedule kid. He has to be, otherwise he cant function. Reporter Brighton School district 27j for iis part we understand their fr
Here in town for a few storms, although again that threat for Severe Weather is low. At the bus stop this morning some upper 60s to low 70s between 8 00 and 9 00. Then by the time our kids are heading home, highs in the upper 80s. My 4yearold still has not gone back to school yet. Love her to death, shes driving me crazy. Jolene, my 4yearold, will go to school tomorrow. Cool. She starts tomorrow at prek class. Shes excited about that. Jalyn, i think this issday 12 for jalyn. We have a good drive going on for most of us. However, theres a big problem in lakewood, as we have the southbound side of wadsworth closing down at 26th for a water main break south of there. Well get more information in a little bit. Now expect southbound wadsworth to be blocked near 26th. You can get around it by getting to 23rd or so. No information yet on how long thats going to be lasting. Highway 36 ive been looking at that, you can see it on the camera, looks pretty nice by the mall to boulder. Easy driving
To the day. 64 degrees. But we may have a few bumps this afternoon. Lisa hidalgo joins us with your first alert on the chance for a few storms. 6 00, and we have ccear skies from that shot. And Loveland Ski Area, beautiful but very bright drive on this tuesday. For the kids heading back to school, dps day two, mid to upper 60s out at the bus stop. Did i say dps . Yes, thats right. This afternoon mid to 80s. Scattered storms, mainly the western half the state. Eastern half, a few storms in denver. That 87 puts us close to our normal high. 80s covering eastern colorado. Its a lot cooler out west. Well be in the upper 70s in Grand Junction due to our next storm. Details on what ittwill do to us in denver coming up. We have team coverage, as ill show you this water main break south side of wadsworth closinn it down. Folks. How long will it be closed . Reporter right now crews have just arrived. They have a 6inch water main break as you can see behind me. Theyre starting to dig a hole, whic
That idea . And a staggering new measure of the pandemic as covid infections spread across the u. S. At the fastest rate yet. The president still claims were rounding the turn. But the question is, will voters believe him or the truth . Its way too early with kasie hunt for this. Good morning, and welcome to way too early, the show that always appreciates your spending the hour with us. I am kasie hunt on this wednesday, october 28th. Well start with the news. In the u. S. , covid19 infections are spreading at the fastest rate since the start of the pandemic. Over the past week, more than 500,000 new cases have been reported. Yesterday marks the first time that the rolling sevenday average of new daily case counts tops 70,000. To give some perspective here, it took nearly three months for the first cases to reach the 500,000 mark. When the outbreak first began back in january. So far, more than 8. 8 million cases have been reported nationwide. And nearly 228,000 covid19 deaths have bee