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Kirk Mitchell
Kirk Mitchell is a general assignment reporter at The Denver Post who focuses on criminal justice stories. He began working at the newspaper in 1998, after writing for newspapers in Mesa, Ariz., and Twin Falls, Idaho, and The Associated Press in Salt Lake City. Mitchell first started writing the Cold Case blog in Fall 2007, in part because Colorado has more than 1,400 unsolved homicides.
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Denver police will fire guns Thursday night to test gunshot detection system
Denver police will fire gunshots Thursday night to test newly installed sound equipment that triangulates where a bullet was fired.

Suspected driver arrested in connection with hit-and-run that killed Parker bicyclist on July 4
A person has been arrested for investigation of hit-and-run in connection to an Independence Day crash that killed a Parker bicyclist.

Denver weather: Today likely to be the warmest minimum temperature on July 17 ever
A heat wave will feature very hot temperatures in the Denver metro area over the next several days including the possibility of a triple-digit record on Thursday.

Dig complete, triceratops bones can now be found at Denver museum
The excavation of bones from a single adult triceratops discovered in May at a Highlands Ranch construction site was completed Tuesday with 30 percent of the bones found.

U.S. Army recruiter allegedly solicited girls as young as 10 for sex while calling himself “Colorado batman”
Arapahoe County Sheriff's deputies have arrested a U.S. Army recruiter for investigation of soliciting girls as young as 10 years old for sex after he allegedly used selfies of himself...

Denver weather: Very hot with scattered afternoon rain and thunderstorms
Denver will be very hot Tuesday with a forecast high of 96 degrees before late afternoon rain and thunderstorms could help cool things off.

Westbound Pena Boulevard reopened after 2-car rollover crash
Westbound Pena Boulevard has been closed at Tower Boulevard following a two-car, roll-over crash that sent one driver to the hospital with serious injuries.

Two eastbound lanes of U.S. 36 opened for Tuesday rush hour
The Colorado Department of Transportation reopened two lanes of traffic on the highway between Boulder and Denver in time for Tuesday's rush hour by diverting two lanes of eastbound U.S....

CDOT plans to reopen eastbound U.S. 36 by Wednesday morning’s rush hour
Colorado transportation employees are working to reroute eastbound U.S. 36 in time for rush hour Wednesday morning after a giant crack in the highway turned into a sinkhole.

Aurora police arrest teen for investigation of manslaughter after Sunday night shooting
Aurora police have arrested a 19-year-old man for investigation of manslaughter and attempting to influence a public servant in connection of the Sunday night shooting.