The tech center cam. This is passed handed out to bellevue. You see these cars off to the left side of the highway. We have a truck along there. Just the right two lanes are getting by. Hes accused of eating marijuana infused candy and killing his wife. And today we could learn if richard kirk is mentally fit to stand trial. We are live covering that case. Reporter after more of a year in delays in his Mental Health evaluation the report is finally ready. A judge will review and he will decide today if richard kirk is fitted stand trial. Last September Kirk changed his plea to guilty by reason of insanity and a judge will review that report and decide whether to set the case for for treatment. The defense suggests that when kirk killed his wife in may 2014 he was so impaired by the marijuana infused candy that he may not have intended to kill his wife. Before her death kristin kirk told dispatchers that her husband was acting more drunk crawling to a bedroom window and cutting his legs
Around it. 0. It really feels like fall is in the air this morning. Lets get right to the forecast and find out whats happening out there. Its the kind of morning you want a cup of coffee in your mind. Lauren whitney is joining us now. Good morning, also very foggy in some areas south of denver and the palmer divide area will be foggy this morning going out east into and north as well near fort collins. Thick fog throughout the Morning Hours and we also have a little bit on the cloudy side. Ill talk about rain and temperatures in a moment. Were watching the mousetrap cam, quite a bit of volume heading southbound coming into town as your morning commute is under way. The wife of a local pastor is live in the story this morning on the 14,000block in east andrews. Jamie has more. Reporter good morning, it was in this home just behind me where a woman was found dead. Police say theyre going to perform an autopsy today to determine the manner of death. They havent said if theres someone in
Captures the shooting. Reporter this shooting took place at 35th and downing in denver about a year ago. It was in broad daylight between rival gangs. [ technical difficulties ] aman in the sleeveless shirt a man in a sleeveless shirt joins and there are two children nearby. The man with the sleeveless shirt has a hand tucked away in and starts firing. The gunman ma into a car wash bay. Another camera picks up the scene in which mayfield and a man run to their car as shots are being fired. The man on the drivers side appears to have been struck. They drive to Denver Health Medical Center where that man died mayfield was sentenced to 57 months in prison for being a felon in possession of ammunition pretty pled guilty to the crime back in june. Thank you very much rick. We have a fire at a building under construction downtown. This is 1453 california st. Firefighters say there are no injuries but this is an active scene. This is happening downtown right now. We will keep track of it. A s
Denver international airport. That crash was at the end of a string of bizarre incidents. Reporter yes, this mans bizarre behavior is the main reason hep was hospitalized. This is the reason he has yet to be charged. That man was screaming and flailing his arms, chased him around the outside of epley airfield in omaha into the parking garage where he stripped down to his boxers. Omaha police say and hid in some bushes. They ended up losing him for a period of time because of that. They finally saw him again as he was scaling an eight foot tall bashed wire fence leading to the tarmac. Once he got over the fence, he found an unattended pickup truck and drove it into the landing gear of a southwest plane on their way to dia. The planes nose gear tires they arrived here at dia around midnight last night three hours after they were supposed to be here. Two pilots reported minor injuries but refused treatment. I talked to omaha police. They say he is still in the hospital. Based on his errat
To the right shoulder that could cause some delays for you. New violence to tell you about this morning in the aftermath of a shooting of a black man in america. Protesters took to the street in charlotte, North Carolina last night. 12 officers are heard this morning. Heda the news. Reporter traffic was brought to a standstill overnight. Some talks items from a truck and set them on fire. It is after police fired tear gas. Some demonstrators took turns damaging cars with rocks. Chaos erupted after he was shot officers were looking for a suspect with an outstanding warrant when they encountered the 43yearold getting out of his car. He was not the man they were looking for. He is armed with a handgun we found on seeing as well and because of the threat to him at least one of our officers fired. Reporter this woman who says she is the daughter of the victim live stream she shared a different view of what happened. He was in the car reading a book. They jumped out of their truck and they s