Author: BY RYAN MAYE HANDY ryanmaye.handy@gazettedev.gazette.com
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Funeral procession for victim of Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting is Friday
Note: Livestream video coverage of the funeral for Garrett Swasey will be available at gazettedev.gazette.com. Colorado Springs police will close several roads intermittently on Friday afternoon for the funeral procession for Officer Garrett Swasey, who was killed Nov. 27 in a shooting at Planned Parenthood. The funeral for Swasey, the 44-year-old University of Colorado at…
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U.S. Honor Flag to be flown at funeral of slain UCCS officer Garrett Swasey
For the third time this year, the U.S. Honor Flag is headed to Colorado, this time for the funeral of UCCS police officer Garrett Swasey, who was killed on Nov. 27 in a shooting rampage at the Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood. The honor flag has been traditionally flown at the funerals of first responders who…
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Defense attorneys in Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting case seek gag order
Attorneys for Robert Lewis Dear, Jr., the man suspected of killing three people in a Friday shooting rampage, have filed a motion in El Paso County court to limit pre-trial media coverage. The motion, if granted, would place a gag order on all attorneys, law enforcement investigators and any official connected to the case. Filed…
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UCCS police officer’s funeral set for Friday at Colorado Springs church
The funeral for Officer Garrett Swasey, a university police officer who was killed Friday in a shooting rampage at the Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic, will be Friday at New Life Church. The services will begin at 1 p.m. at the church, 11025 Voyager Parkway. Gov. John Hickenlooper, Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers, and University…
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Some Pike and San Isabel forest roads closed while because of lack of study
In the coming year, nearly 140 forest roads will be under review and 30 will be closed following a U.S. District Court settlement that declared 500 miles of roads that cut through endangered species’ habitats need reassessment in the U.S. Forest Service’s Pike and San Isabel National Forests. The Forest Service has one year from Nov. 16 to…
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Woman sought in string of Colorado Springs bank heists
Colorado Springs police are looking for a woman they say robbed five banks and attempted to rob two more. The woman is in her late 20s to early 30s. Police believe that she is connected to robberies at three TCF Bank branches, a Key Bank on Hartsel Drive, a US Bank on Powers Boulevard and…
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New protocols, quick response kept fast-burning El Paso County fire from getting out of control
YODER – Laura Hansen stepped outside the Antioch Community Church on Tuesday morning and felt the heat of a wildfire on her face. Hansen and a handful of other rural El Paso County residents were in the church preparing for holiday festivities when they got word of a fast-moving grass fire shooting across the plains,…
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Police ID motorcyclist killed in Colorado Springs crash
Colorado Springs police have identified a motorcyclist who died Sunday in a crash as 55-year-old Bradley Blower of Colorado Springs. Police also said that Richard Chavez, 49, of Colorado Springs was cited with careless driving resulting in death. Just before 4 p.m. Sunday, Blower was headed westbound through the intersection at Airport and Chelton roads…
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Colorado Springs police arrest 12-year-old in connection with carport fire
Colorado Springs police arrested a 12-year-old in connection with a massive carport fire earlier this month that destroyed several cars in an apartment complex on Baytown Drive. On Nov. 11, the fire consumed one of the carports in an apartment complex, and shot flames several feet into the air before crews could extinguish the blaze.…
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Shots fired during domestic dispute in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs police responded to an apartment on the 3600 block of Parkmoor Village Drive around 10 p.m. on Monday night after dispatchers received reports that several shots had been fired. Police did not believe that anyone had been injured in the shooting, which might have stemmed from a domestic dispute, said Lt. Darrin Abbink.…