Two U. Colorado Students Shot at Halloween House Party
“a group tried to force its way into the home to join the party”
One of the students died while being transported to the hospital. Very sad.
CBS News reports:
University of Colorado student killed, another critical, following gunfire at Halloween party
Two men, both 19-year-old University of Colorado students, were shot late Saturday night after police shut down a Halloween house party on The Hill area of Boulder adjacent to the campus.
One of those students died after being taken by ambulance to Boulder Community Hospital, Boulder Police Department Chief Stephen Redfearn stated at 9 a.m. press conference Sunday.
Redfearn called the incident a “heinous crime” as he explained details leading up to it. The party, he said, was registered in advance by its organizers with the university. It featured a live band and “hundreds” of people in attendence, per Redfearn.
Just before 10 p.m., a noise complaint was called in to Boulder dispatchers. BPD officers responded to the party near the intersection of 7th Street and Marine Street, about six blocks west of the CU Boulder campus. They judged the party to reach the level of a nuisance to the neighborhood. One highly intoxicated person was taken into custody and the party’s organizers were issued a ticket, Redfearn explained.
That began the process of the party shutting down. Most of the crowd left.
“A core group of people, including the renters, remained at the house,” Redfearn said.
Around 11:30 p.m., after officers had departed, reports were phoned in to 9-1-1 that a shooting had occurred at the same location.
Redfearn said the shooting happened as “a group tried to force its way into the home to join the party.”
Sunday morning, investigators identified two persons of interest whose images were caught on videotape. Their images were recorded immediately prior to the shooting, a BPD spokesperson confirmed.
“It is imperative that we speak with them,” Redfearn said.
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This is way too confusing.
The cops showed up, shut down the party, but didn’t really shut it down, then after it was over, other people tried to crash the party that wasn’t happening, and got shot by the people inside… or did they shoot the people inside? It’s an important distinction, the difference between Party-Castle Doctrine and an armed home invasion.
Hey, look — there was one white chick there!
Dude, if you show up at my house when I’m very lit, dressed like a bunch of zombies, expect me to NOT provide you with treats.
Just sayin’.
Yes, that’s snark, folks. Not an examination of the legal issues.
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