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
60s, very mild. By noon were at 83, and highs near 90. Sunshine to start and it looks like yesterday with storms developing this afternoon, upper 80s to low 90s. Satellite and radar is pretty clear, a few showers down to the southwest. We are tracking this next cold front. This is the first alert temperatures will be colder, going from 90 today to 70s tomorr accident on the eastbound and westbound side. You can see activity both sides of the highway here. The westbound side is where the original activity is happening. Take a look at the map. Ill show you how badly traffic is backed up, nearly to quebec it will be a long time for that to recover even after they open the lanes. This was in the left lane and has been moved to the shoulder. This is going to draw some hazards for us. The other problem spots, i25 by happy canyon, and southbound kipling reporter we are going on 20 minutes here on the platform without seeing a train. One pulled in, let off a bunch of passengers who ran into di
A 2,000 reward for anyone that leads police to this man, we havv seen a lot of Police Patrol over the last couple hours, we have been here 2 hours and seen at least 4 cops patrol this area behind me, making sure that this man didnt show up again. This area has a ton of students walking to their home, not all in middle school, obviously, but we have seen a lot of children playing and just walking back from school in this area. Definitely a very different and scary thing for a lot of happen. Just rightn thisrential area. Reporting liefsh in englewood, sally mamdooh, denver 7. Thank you. 350 , that is how much heroin overdoses are up in colorado in just the past 5 years, dea told denver 7 that staggering statistic, after a pretty big heroin bust in denver today. Officials say 47 pounds of brown heroin, street value 2. 2 million, were taken off the streets of denver metro area as heroin was hidden in spare tires, sometimes in fed expackages to ship. A little down with a big problem, buyers
It was so beautiful. It just lit up the entire sky. We heard the majestic thunder. It was a really cool experience. And this is from our photographer, eric english. This is lightning striking the rod near the top of the four seasons downtown. Please, always be summer safe before you snap storm photos. The searches on for a man trying to leeward kids on their way home from school. Tips to kids as they look for the man. Liz gelardi joins us live in liz gelardi. You talked to the families . Reporter we did. A group of Elementary Students say the man approached them here near vapor park. He said they made and he made sexual comments and thats why the school and police want parents to talk to their kids. Take a good look at the man police want to find. This thirdgrader recognizes him. He says the man approached him what the man said but knew it wasnt right. Other stuff he was saying, or bad words. I was going to get my dad took Reporter Police believe he is driving a black or dark gray chev
With demetria tracking the impact its had on the i15. And sherry keeping a close eye if the valley will be under an air quality alert. Michelle Mortensen but first, well start with 8 news now reporter Michael Stevens on the very latest. Good morning, michael. Michael Stevens brian, michelle. So far, we know the fire has burned at least a dozens buildings. Including some homes. And has spread to about 18thousand acres. The blue cut fire started yesterday. And is rapidly growing in the cajon pass area of southern california. The San Bernardino fire continues to race in several directions and its burning fast. As you mentioned. So far, the 18thousandacre fire has prompted evacuation orders for about 34thousand homes and 82thousand people andrew ong traveler the conditions are very dry, like my eyes are really dry. Its crazy, ive never seen the sun like this before. Its crazy to see the amount of smoke thats being caused by this fire. Its crazy, ive never seen the sun like this before. Its