Our first snow of the season brings major transportation issues tonight. Drivers found themselves stuck for hours on i25 in Douglas County. One of those vehicles our mobile weather lab. Chris spears has an update shortly. Dia the other big problem spot. Nearly every United Airlines flight has been canceled or delayed. Some several hours because of deicing problems. Passengers have been frustrated since about and our Karen Morfitt will have the latest. First, an update on the storm from Lauren Whitney. Has it finally left the state . It has not left the state. We have plenty of snow in the Eastern Plains but it has cleared from some areas. Western slope, a few flurries, skys are clearing and it is very cold out that way. As we head toward the denver area, not much for us left in the city. We do still have cloudy skies but a little bit of clearing on the east side of town. In the foothills, light snowfall, snow in the high along the northern part of i 25. Fort collins, platteville. And o
And a reminder we actually do live in colorado tonight where seen the heaviest acuity than slipping away as drier air from the north and west is punching and bring an end to the snow there is a few hints of flurries here and there for the most part the snow is moving out. How did we do as far as snow totals we got our airports in from alan we had readings in the foothills downpours portal on the westside of town closer to the foothills the higher terrain from four to 8 inches mounted in that same category. Up and down the metro area. Longmont down to castle rock anywhere from two to 4 inches these your pores came in early in the evening those numbers gone up. Down south and castle rock we got some reports around Highlands Ranch on 4 inches of snow by the way denver did get reporting in 710th of an inch of snow this is not is the latest date in history. Tonight the roads are icing up because these temperatures everything below freezing as you head south the readings are in the low 20s.
One person was seriously hurt in that wreck at i70 and vasquez. It happened just after midnight. But traffic was stop and go there when we were there. Early in the afternoon evergreen was the scene of a 15 car pile up. A car carrier was among the vehicles caught up in the wreck. Its still unclear whether the 15 car count from state troopers included the vehicles being hauled by the semi. Two people went to the hospital and i 70 was closed for several hours. 6th avenue westbound between kalamath and i25 is back open this morning after a closure. Denver Police Tweeted out they shut the road down overnight because of ice. A denver man who founded two now defunct travel startups is expected in court today. Timothy wozniak started fresh trips which offered inexpensive Luxury Travel packages. Hes facing Identity Theft and forgery charges in relation to his other Company Fresh jets, which sold seats on private jets to exclusive destinations. Investigators say wozniak stole the identity of one
A car. At this point police dont believe the parents knew that other man. Police are still here on scene interviewing witnesses. They say the child is still with the mom. Mk 13an. And breaking overnight. We got new information about another shooting that happened just an hour earlier where Police Believe a father killed his son. Officers were responding to another call at the apartments near rainbow and windmill when they heard three shots. They ran to where the gunfire was coming from. And thats when they say a man came out of an apartment and said he shot his son. Police believe this was Domestic Violence related. Metro Lieutenant Dan mcgrath now has a plea for anyone having family troubles. 3 51 please call somebody. Friends, family a pastor. Someone didnt have to lose their life 4 04 and the son was likely in his 20s. Our other big story of the morning a freezing temperatures taking over the valley. Greg bennett is tracking this freeze warning. How cold is it going to get today gre
And talked to the District Attorney about the alleged crime spree, he joins us now in front of the regional justice center. Most people will remember alonso perez as the man who broke out of handcuffs Early September just hours after being arrested for a shooting at a local mcdonalds. Well according to Police Reports and the District Attorney. That shooting in which mohhommad robinson lost his life, may not be perezs only violent crime. The crime spree happened in within a month and a half time frame. Police reports show perez was linked to a shoo motel on july 25th on august 15 hes linked to a battery with a Deadly Weapon then august 20 hes linked to a murder thats still under investigation according to the da his two latest murder charges. The one at mcdonalds and the shooting of a motorcycle driver happened just hours apart from each other from august 27th to the 28th. If these accusations turn out to be true hes a dangerous guy and hes caused according to the accusations a lot of w