4 as they hovered above stapleton. It hit the windshield. Reporter they spotted two construction workers down below. One of them shining a laser in his direction. For someone to be clowning around with a laser pointing putting us in harms way made me mad. Reporter pilot kelpie alexander describes losing his night vision as disorienting and dangerous. It multiplies in of laser beams that start illuminating the entire cockpit. It can last 20 seconds. Reporter laser sightings are not that uncommon. In addition to the stapleton scare, two other pilots reported lasers in centennial and greeley. One of them a commercial aircraft. Kenneth carol, the man identified as the suspect says he never meant any harm. Thank god nobody got hurt. It is not a toy. You should never point those things at aircraft. Reporter carol was release from custody and says he learned his lesson. It is still unclear if he will face any charges. Reporting live in broomfield, andrea flores, cbs4 news. Now to an update on
Even though the pain consumed him over the years. Finally. I would like to apologize. Excuse me. To the hurtado family for not being able to close this case 39 years ago. Reporter an emotion mall close to a murder mystery. We owe that to a lot of people. And we appreciate it. Reporter Colorado Bureau of investigators who also took over the case to dna evidence credit the work of those local Police Detectives in making sure they had all of that evidence and they kept it safe all those years. They say ha is the key in this case. They were able to keep the dna and test it today. Also, theres a lot of other unsolved murders here in colorado. And, the family in this case, they have a word for those other families out there. They say keep hope alive that they, too, will find justice. Thanks matt. Now, to new information involveing the murder of a young man above a popular bagel shot in denver asaphia points neighborhood. The suspect, Brian Pattison appeared in court pleading not guilty to mu
Extended sentences. After that sentencing, huer read a statement saying he chose to she told peoples magazine she disagreed with that sentencing, but has moved on. Hear her story later on at 6 00. Im jason gruenauer, denver 7. New this morning, from the first alert desk, the chicago celebrating. The violence in that city makes headlines people have been shot sense thursday morning after the cubs win. Thats according to a story all new this morning in the chicago tribune. Two men were killed in those shootings and 16 others were wounded in shootings that happened in the north, west, and southern part of the city. Its now 5 31. We have another dry start. Youre going to find clear skies across eastern colorado. Southwest, were looking at rain developing southwest of telluride. More snow expected there. A good 3 to 8inch and that snow developing later today. Highs near 70 degrees. Heres your first alert. It will get cooler this weekend. Jason we could see a few showers roll into denver tom