It was the middle of the afternoon at a popular gas station. Reporter a beef between the crips and bloods steps away from two innocent Young Children at this carwash. You see these two kids in god they werent hit. K thank reporter it starts when the guy in white notices rival gang members. Some posturing and in a split second, gunfire. The guy gets the his friend and fires back. If you notice the showcasing went on top of the car. That goes they should veterans of being recovered by investigators. Reporter that evidence and video put deaderick mayfield behind bars. Its rare atf charges just ammunition but we were able to ensure he was taken off the street. Reporter they usually need the smoking gun or firearm. We never required the firearm. The statute says the firearm or atf says it hopes mayfields sentence sends a strong message. We will not tolerate that here and we will get you by any means necessary. Reporter tomorrow marks the anniversary of the shootout. Mayfield pled guilty and
Lets go to thornton where it has been the worst. Heavy rain and a lot of hail. Marshall zelinger is there now. Reporter this is amazing. We are in a parking lot near 72nd and pecos. Check out that honda surrounded by what looks like snow. That is peasized tale that created some craters here. I would jump into show you how deep that water is but there is that newspaper stand, that read we have another car here that was stalled out and captured by the floodwaters inside this parking lot near the 99 . 99 store. A lot of peasized tale that actually flooded the inside of this kfc and you can see it is all sprinkled out in the parking lot. In the distance, thht is 72nd and pecos still blocked off. When we got off the highway at u. S. 36 and pecos, we saw flooded streets and it is all that water you are seeing on the side was flowing down this direction. We got here just after all that hail came down. Again, peasized tale. When it falls altogether, clubs up and looks like snow. This has trapp
One noticing a difference. I have noticed more security. Reporter for the downtown partnership, perception is a big deal. The mall brought in 16 million in sales tax revenue last year alone. Police admit as a try to clean up the 16th street mall, the homeless are just going elsewhere. Like here, a mile and a half away to other parts of the city or even beyond. The problem hasnt gone away so we do see some displacement. Some of it has moved outside the city. We have heard from our neighboring cities and districts. Reporter police are also reevaluating the number of officers staff here as we head into typically slower winter months. . Reporter next years proposed budget would add 16 offices downtown, a more permanent presence on the mall. You know, anytime you get the Crime Prevention aspect, you get people who can take ownership of the area. Reporter the owner of the appaloosa grill wants to seek more officers at the latenight hours. He says the city is not quite there yet. Its definite
Good evening. And we begin tonight with the horror playing out inside an Elementary School in South Carolina. A teenager walking into the school with a gun. Authorities believe he had just shot his father dead at home. Then, going to the school playground, opening fire at townville elementary. Teachers trying to help. And then, the anguish outside. Parents rushing to the scene after being alerted there had been a shooting at the school. Abcs Steve Osunsami is on the scene tonight. Move that patient towar reporter cell phones in the pockets of frightened parents across this small town started burning up at 1 45 p. M. , just before the end of classes for the day at townville elementary. We did have a report of a third patient. Reporter police say a local teenager armed with handgun appeared at a playground behind the school and started shooting at teachers and children. I think there were some students out on the recess area, and the shooting may have occurred there and the teacher got t
According to this report pictures of the allegedly buse showed up on social edia when Staff Members were questioned on the marks on disabled residents. They played paranormal activity. Heidi haynes is with the ark of colorado. She is an advocate for the disabled. The organization supports the closure of institutions. I hope that this highlights the need for adequate service and supports for people in to live in a less restrictive environment than they are at the pueblo Regional Center. Reporter the report also found a systematic lack of oversight across multiple areas at the center. Senator pat steadman ssrved on the Regional Center task force. He said the system needs an overhaul. Over ultimately there will need to be some investment and improvement to the system or changes to the system. It may mean closing some of the reporter it is not over yet. Some of these abuse cases could be criminal. The public county Sheriffs Department investigated 19 complaints. They did refer eight of the