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The location of the State of Colorado in the United States of America.

This is a List of notable shootings in the U.S. State of Colorado.

List

Since 1990, three Colorado massacres in the Denver metropolitan area have garnered national attention: the Columbine High School massacre in 1999, which resulted in 15 deaths (including the post-massacre suicides by the two perpetrators); the Aurora shooting in 2012, which resulted in 12 deaths; and the 2021 Boulder shooting, which resulted in 10 deaths.[1]

EventsLocationDateNumber
of
persons
killed		Description
1993 Aurora, Colorado shootingAuroraDecember 14, 19934Nathan Dunlap, 18, who was fired from a Chuck E. Cheese's restaurant as a cook, later returned to the restaurant and opened fire, killing four employees and wounding another. He was convicted of first-degree murder and attempted murder charges and was sentenced to death.[2] In 2013, then-Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper indefinitely delayed Dunlap’s execution.[3] Although Hickenlooper was expected to order a clemency in his death penalty before his term ended in early 2019 but took no such action.[4] He was succeeded by Governor Jared Polis, who commuted Dunlap's sentence to life imprisonment. He said he conferred with the families of Dunlap's victims, personally felt that Dunlap's crimes were "despicable," but took the action as being consistent with Colorado's prior repeal of the death penalty in cases of new crimes.[5]
Columbine High School massacreColumbineApril 20, 199915
(including both perpetrators)		Two senior students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, embarked on a shooting spree in which a total of 12 students and one teacher were murdered. They also injured 21 other students directly, with three further people being injured while attempting to escape the school. The pair then committed suicide. It is the sixth-deadliest school massacre in United States history, after the 1927 Bath School disaster, the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting, the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the 2022 Robb Elementary School Shooting and the 1966 University of Texas massacre, and remained the deadliest for an American high school until the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting of 2018.
Subway Valentine's Day shooting Littleton February 14, 2000 2 Stephanie Hart-Grizzell and Nicholas Kunselman were shot in a Subway restaurant in Littleton, CO on February 14, 2000. The case remains unsolved.[6][7]
AMF Broadway Bowling Alley shooting Littleton January 27, 2002 3 Bobby Zajac, Erin Golla and James Springer were shot at the AMF Broadway Bowling Alley in Littleton, CO on January 27th, 2002. The case is still unsolved.[8][9]
2005 Denver police officer shootingDenverMay 7–8, 20051Two Denver police officers were shot at a dance hall by Raúl Gómez-García.
Platte Canyon High School hostage crisis Bailey September 27, 2006 2 Duane Roger Morrison, took a high school classroom hostage. Emily Keyes, one of the hostages, was shot and killed as she tried to escape. Morrison died after a combination of shooting himself and being shot by police.[10]
2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootingsArvada/Colorado SpringsDecember 9, 20075Matthew Murray, opened fire at two church organizations in separate cities, killing four and wounding five others before committing suicide.
2010 Deer Creek Middle School shootingsLittletonFebruary 23, 20100Bruco Eastwood, fired a rifle in the school’s parking lot, wounding two students. He was tackled by faculty and arrested. Eastwood was found to be legally insane and committed to the state mental hospital.
2012 Aurora, Colorado shootingAuroraJuly 20, 201212James Holmes, opened fire during a midnight showing of the film "The Dark Knight Rises". In addition to 12 dead, 70 people were injured.[1][11]
2013 Arapahoe High School shootingCentennialDecember 13, 20132Eighteen-year-old student Karl Pierson entered Arapahoe High School carrying Molotov cocktails and a shotgun. He shot another student and then shot himself dead.[12]
October 2015 Colorado Springs shootingColorado SpringsOctober 31, 20154
(including the perpetrator)		Noah Harpham randomly killed three before responding police officers killed him. Harpham had been open carrying, and some open carry opponents would assert this allowed such a delay before a response that he was able to kill more individuals than in a case where a police intervention would have been warranted by his presence with a rifle.[13]
November 2015 Colorado Springs shootingColorado SpringsNovember 27, 20153A shooting and five-hour standoff with police occurred at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs.[14] A University of Colorado Colorado Springs police officer and two civilians were killed in the shooting, one was a mother of two and the other was an Iraqi war vet.[15][16] The killer, identified as Robert Lewis Dear,[17] was captured alive after police convinced him to surrender.[14] During his arrest, he gave a "rambling" interview[18] in which, at one point he said, "No more baby parts".[19][20][21] Nine other victims, comprising five police officers and four civilians, were also shot.
Thornton shooting Thornton November 1, 2017 3 A lone gunman named Scott Ostrem, walked into a Walmart store, killed three people near the cash registers, then fled the scene. All three victims were killed.[22] He had been arrested 14 times before the killings.[23]
2019 STEM School Highlands Ranch shooting Highlands Ranch May 7, 2019 1 At STEM school in Highlands Ranch, 9 were shot including 1 dead. In 2019, Devon Erickson, an 18-year-old male, and another boy began to stand trial for the murders.[24]
Aurora Town Center shootingAurora, ColoradoDecember 27, 20191A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed inside a JCPenney store in the Aurora Town Center mall.[25] Kamyl Xavier Garrette, age 18, was charged with first degree murder in early January 2020.[26]
2021 Boulder shootingBoulder, ColoradoMarch 22, 202110Ahmad Al Aliwi Al-Issa opened fire in a King Soopers supermarket, killing ten people,[27] including one Police Officer (Ofc. Talley) and injuring the suspect with a gunshot to the leg.
2021 Colorado Springs shootingColorado Springs, ColoradoMay 9, 20217
(including the suspect)		At a birthday party, six adults were killed. The shooter then took his own life.[28]
2021 Aurora shootingAurora, ColoradoNovember 15, 20210Near William C. Hinkley High School, shots were fired resulting in injury to seven. Four teens were charged with attempted murder after the incident.[29][30]
2021 Denver and Lakewood shootingsDenver and LakewoodDecember 27, 20216
(including the suspect)		Lyndon McLeod (aka Roman McClay) killed 5 and injured 2 at multiple Denver and Lakewood locations. McLeod would later be killed by a Lakewood police office after the two exchanged gun fire.[31][32]
Colorado Springs nightclub shootingColorado Springs, ColoradoNovember 19, 20225Five people were killed and 25 others wounded. Attack took place at LGBTQ+ club, Club Q.[33]
American Elm restaurant shooting Denver April 24, 2023 2 Emerall Vaughn-Dahler and Ignacio Gutierrez Morales were killed in a shooting inside the restaurant located on the corner of 38th Avenue and Raleigh Street in the West Highlands on April 24, 2023. The case remains unsolved.[34][35]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Carter, Chelsea, J.; Pearson, Michael (July 20, 2012). "Gunman kills 12 in Colorado movie theater". CNN. Retrieved July 20, 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ Nathan Dunlap on death row for Chuck E. Cheese shooting, CNN
  3. ↑ "CBS-Denver/AP". CBS Local. 2017.
  4. ↑ "Governor John Hickenlooper remains open to commuting death sentence for Chuck E. Cheese killer". The Denver Post. April 19, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
  5. ↑ The Three Men Polis Spared From Death, Colorado Public Radio, Andrew Kenney, March 23, 2020. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Reward increased to $100,000 in Valentine's Day 2000 homicide of high school sweethearts". KUSA.com. February 14, 2021. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  7. ↑ Twitty, Tamera (February 14, 2023). "COLD CASE: High school sweethearts murdered at Colorado restaurant on Valentine's Day". OutThere Colorado. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  8. ↑ "FBI seeking tips in 2002 bowling alley shooting that left 3 dead". KUSA.com. January 27, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  9. ↑ "21 years after triple murder at Littleton bowling alley, search continues for shooter - CBS Colorado". www.cbsnews.com. January 27, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  10. ↑ "CNN.com - High school siege ends; one hostage shot, gunman dead - Sep 27, 2006". CNN. 28 September 2006. Archived from the original on 28 September 2006. Retrieved 2 November 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  11. ↑ "13 Dead After Shooting During 'Dark Knight Rises' Movie". July 20, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Hospital: Teen who was shot at Colo. school dies". AP. December 21, 2013. Retrieved December 21, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Did Colorado's Open Carry Law Delay Police Response to a Mass Shooter?". Mother Jones. November 2, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  14. 1 2 Turkewitz, Julie; Healy, Jack (November 27, 2015). "3 Are Dead in Colorado Springs Shootout at Planned Parenthood Center". The New York Times. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Death of UCCS police officer in Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting confirmed". Colorado Springs Gazette. November 28, 2015. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
  16. ↑ Shoichet, Catherine E.; Stapleton, AnneClaire; Botelho, Greg (November 27, 2015). "Colorado Planned Parenthood shooting: 3 dead, suspect captured (updated)". CNN. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  17. ↑ Paul, Jesse; Steffen, Jordan; Ingold, John (November 27, 2015). "Planned Parenthood shooting: 3 killed, including 1 police officer in Colorado Springs". The Denver Post. Archived from the original on November 27, 2015. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
  18. ↑ Turkewitz, Julie (November 28, 2015). "Robert Dear, Suspect in Colorado Killings, 'Preferred to Be Left Alone'". New York Times. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Colorado shooting suspect said 'no more baby parts': reports". Reuters. November 29, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Planned Parenthood shooting: Suspect said 'no more baby parts'". BBC News. November 29, 2015.
  21. ↑ Wesley Lowery (November 28, 2015). "'No more baby parts,' suspect in attack at Colo. Planned Parenthood clinic told official". Washington Post.
  22. ↑ Tegna. "Armed and dangerous suspect sought after Thornton Walmart triple shooting: Police". Kusa. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  23. ↑ Police Arrest Suspect In Walmart Triple Shooting, CBS4, November 2, 2017. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
  24. ↑ "Stem School Shootings". Denver Post. 2019.
  25. ↑ Butzer, Stephanie (December 28, 2019). "Juvenile dies in shooting at Aurora Town Center Friday afternoon". The Denver Channel.
  26. ↑ Garrison, Robert (January 6, 2020). "Aurora Town Center shooting suspect formally charged". The Denver Channel. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  27. ↑ "Boulder shooting: Gunman kills 10, including police officer, at King Soopers". Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  28. ↑ "Colorado Springs mass shooting leaves 7 dead, including suspect, at birthday party: police".
  29. ↑ Moon, Sarah (November 15, 2021). "Suspect at large after shooting at Colorado park sends five teens to hospital". cnn.com. Cable News Network. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  30. ↑ Bitler, Dara (December 7, 2021). "4th teen charged with attempted murder in Aurora Hinkley High School shooting". KDVR Fox 31 Denver. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  31. ↑ "4 killed, 3 others wounded in shooting spree in Denver, Lakewood Monday night". KUSA.com. December 27, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  32. ↑ "5 killed, including gunman, in shooting spree across Denver and Lakewood". The Colorado Sun. December 28, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  33. ↑ "5 killed, 25 hurt in shooting at LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs". The Colorado Sun. December 28, 2021. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  34. ↑ "Victims identified in double homicide at Denver restaurant". FOX31 Denver. April 25, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  35. ↑ "Need for clues: Reward raised in unsolved American Elm double murder - CBS Colorado". www.cbsnews.com. June 23, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.

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