Shannon M. Hoffman

General Assignment Reporter

Shannon M. Hoffman

Shannon M. Hoffman is an Alaskan-born writer and Denver Post intern. In 2017 she earned her bachelor's in journalism from Metropolitan State University of Denver. She has also written for The Loveland Daily Reporter-Herald and The Metropolitan.

GREELEY, CO - JUNE 20: Bullets for a 9mm gun are ready to be loaded into guns during a gun training and handling program offered by FasterColorado at the Wilbur B. Ross Memorial Police Training Center on June 20, 2017 in Greeley, Colorado. FasterColorado is sponsoring the gun training seminars for Colorado teachers and administrators. The 3 day course helps familiarize teachers with their arms as well as teaching them how to deal with a shooter at a school. Faster stands for Faculty/Administrator Safety Training and Emergency Response. It was created in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook tragedy and developed to enable teachers, administrators and other school employees to stop school violence quickly and administer medical aid immediately. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Denver Police Department uses live gunfire to test ShotSpotter system

November 4, 2017 at 12:20 p.m.

People who live in the Westwood, Villa Park, Clayton and Montbello may hear live gunfire in their neighborhoods Tuesday night. It's the police, testing the ShotSpotter system.

Rochelle Ginsner holds her daughter Danielle ...

Confusion turned to panic as a gunman randomly shot people at a Thornton Walmart

January 9, 2018 at 7:12 p.m.

Inside the Thornton Walmart, people flooded toward exits in confusion, dropped to the floor for safety and bunkered in store offices as a gunman, who police believe is 47-year-old Scott...

Pablove Foundation program manager and photographer ...

Young photographers living with cancer will show their work in Denver’s Arts District on Santa Fe

November 1, 2017 at 4:06 p.m.

Reagan Lodden's perceptive on life and childhood changed when she was diagnosed with cancer. Her perspective changed again -- for the better, however -- when she found her passion for...

Man transported to hospital with non-life threatening stab wounds in Fountain

October 28, 2017 at 5:01 p.m.

A man has been transported to the hospital after suffering non-life threatening stab wounds to the torso in Fountain Saturday morning, according to Sgt. D. Scott Gilbertsen with the Fountain...

Ambulance at the scene of 2-year-old's fall

1 killed, 2 injured in Aurora head-on wreck

October 28, 2017 at 6:41 p.m.

One person was killed and two others were injured in a head-on crash in Aurora early Saturday.

A tasty tradition: The Great Challah Bake Colorado, inspired by The Shabbat Project, unites more than 700 women

October 27, 2017 at 11:24 a.m.

The Shabbat Project came to Denver Thursday evening at BMH-BJ synagogue for a night of Jewish unity, celebration and baking, during the third annual Great Challah Bake Colorado.

RTD board decides to reduce Aurora R-Line, Golden W-Line services

October 25, 2017 at 9:52 a.m.

RTD's Board of Directors on Tuesday decided to reduce the frequency of two light-rail lines, the R-Line that goes to Aurora and the W-Line that goes to Golden.

Denver officially unveils massive Circle of Animals sculpture installation at Civic Center

October 18, 2017 at 10:47 a.m.

Chinese artist聽Ai Weiwei鈥檚 touring sculpture exhibit, Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads was officially unveiled Tuesday evening in Civic Center park.

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