Since March, Colorado Springs and Boulder have experienced the third and fourth deadliest shootings in Colorado’s history. The shooting at a Colorado Springs birthday party last weekend and the Boulder King Soopers shooting in March have left our communities speechless and shattered.
In my nearly two decades of public service as El Paso County Commissioner and State Senator, I have seen community leaders time and time again come together despite their differences to unite after natural disasters and mass shootings.
Following the 2015 shooting at a Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs, I witnessed our community put their differences aside and come together for the good of those mourning. Whether you supported Planned Parenthood was irrelevant – everyone was a shoulder to lean on in the days and weeks after the shooting.