The shooting happened at Parliament Apartments, 4363 South Quebec St., just before 2 a.m. as officers were responding to a 911 call about a possible carjacking, Chief Ron Thomas said in a briefing.

Police officers saw a person matching witness descriptions and challenged them, Thomas said. That person responded by firing once at officers, and one officer fired multiple shots in return, hitting the suspect.

Officers started live-saving measures after the suspect went down, and the person was taken to the hospital and is in critical condition, Thomas said.

UPDATE: Briefing regarding officer-involved shooting at 4363 S. Quebec St.

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Denver’s homicide unit, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and Colorado State Patrol are investigating the shooting.

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The crash happened at 6:09 a.m. at milepost 6, just east of the interchange with Interstate 25, according to the agency.

The truck driver, in a Peterbilt trash truck, was headed west on Interstate 76 when the driver hit the pedestrian, who died at the scene, according to state patrol. No information about the pedestrian was immediately available Friday, and it was not clear where on the road the pedestrian was walking, Trooper Gabriel Moltrer said.

The truck driver remained at the scene of the crash, Moltrer said.

The westbound lanes of Interstate 76 were closed for the crash investigation. There was no estimated reopening time at about 7:20 a.m.

, introduced Wednesday by a bipartisan trio of legislators, would create a new security administrator position within the legislature. It would task that person with fielding security concerns from legislators and acting as the General Assembly’s point person for safety issues.

Capitol security is now overseen by the Colorado State Patrol. While the bill would not alter the patrol’s duties in the building, the new security official would act as a liaison with the patrol while also monitoring threats and advising lawmakers on how to handle them.

The legislature recently received a grant from the National Conference of State Legislatures to help pay for security improvements for every lawmaker. The new security official would help advise on how best to use that funding, lawmakers said.

“It’s just an ability to have a tapped-in, day in, day out view of what¶¶Ňőap happening and to help coordinate those efforts,” said Rep. Chad Clifford, a Centennial Democrat sponsoring the bill. He also runs a home security company. “… This will be a person that has more daily dialogue and discussion” with lawmakers about security concerns.

The other main sponsors of the measure are Senate President James Coleman, a Denver Democrat, and Sen. Lisa Frizell, a Castle Rock Republican.

Lawmakers have been increasingly worried about their security in recent years, particularly on social media. Some lawmakers have filed restraining orders against people who’ve threatened them, and others say activists and political opponents have approached them at their homes.

After the Minnesota shootings last summer, state officials temporarily shut down a campaign finance database while 31 elected officials requested that the state redact their addresses from the website. In June, a gunman shot and killed Rep. Melissa Hortman, a Democrat who was a former House speaker, and her husband, Mark, at their home. Earlier that day, the same man and his wife at their home, but both survived.

Colorado House Speaker Julie McCluskie, who knew Hortman, has repeatedly spoken about security concerns, and the legislature’s executive committee organized a briefing on Capitol security in June, shortly after shootings.

Sen. Faith Winter, a Westminster Democrat who died in a car crash late last year, was on an extensive list of other lawmakers and public officials found in the Minnesota shooter’s car, McCluskie said in an interview Thursday.

“It¶¶Ňőap a ridiculous world we live in, when that¶¶Ňőap the reality for public servants,” said McCluskie, a Dillon representative who is entering the final weeks of her fourth term in the House. “Having a security officer for the General Assembly isn’t enough, but it¶¶Ňőap a start.”

But in the quest to improve lawmakers’ security, the bill would also reduce some public transparency.

HB-1422 would place elected officials in a special class of “protected persons” whose personal information cannot be published online. Under current state law, lawmakers must file annual disclosure statements that describe their finances, debts and property holdings, alongside financial information about their spouses. Candidates also must file affidavits that include addresses and contact information. (Two of the four legislators who have signed on to support HB-1422 have not filed a financial disclosure this year.)

Under , those documents are publicly filed on the secretary of state’s campaign finance website. That law also gave the secretary of state’s office the ability to redact a candidate’s address and other personal information.

If passed, HB-1422 will remove those records from the website and make them available upon request. Clifford said he wanted the records to be available only to certain people, like journalists, who would be unlikely to publish a lawmaker’s address or personal information.

Lawmakers — as well as other elected officials, like the governor — file the financial records to provide transparency on their economic interests, allowing the public to vet them for conflicts of interest. Since legislative districts were redrawn in 2022, the databases have also been used to determine if lawmakers live in the districts they seek to represent; Clifford says he’s done his own “sleuthing” on candidates using the information in the past.

He acknowledged that his bill would make those efforts more difficult.

“I hate that,” he said. “But I also don’t need you to be able to go find (a lawmaker’s) house real easy on a whim someday when somebody tells you that you should. … That is where we started getting concerned.”

Both McCluskie and Clifford raised concerns about the level of detail that must be included in the financial disclosures. McCluskie acknowledged the tension between increased threats to lawmakers and a need for those officials to be transparent.

She said legislators did accept a higher level of public scrutiny, given their positions, and that she previously had not minded that her address was available publicly.

“When it comes to my family, they haven’t been elected to office. They shouldn’t be exposed to the same level of scrutiny,” she said. “They shouldn’t be exposed to threats of violence that we’re seeing directed at elected officials. It¶¶Ňőap an extraordinarily challenging dynamic that we are facing in our society right now, and I was stricken the day that Melissa was shot.”

Jeff Roberts, the executive director of the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition, said in an email Thursday that his group’s governing board had not yet taken a position on the bill. But he noted that financial disclosures have only recently been published online.

“What¶¶Ňőap most important is that these records remain publicly available so that journalists and others can adequately background candidates for public office and look into whether candidates actually live in the districts they’re running in,” he wrote.

HB-1422 is scheduled for its first committee hearing Monday in the House’s . The legislative session is set to end May 13.

Initial investigation shows a motorcycle and a pickup truck collided on the highway near milepost 4 in the northbound lane of the highway, according to a release from the state patrol. Troopers responded at about 3:48 p.m., and the motorcyclist, a 55-year-old man, was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The northbound lane was closed between 64th and 82nd avenues, but it had reopened as of 5:45 p.m.

Drivers should avoid the area, officials said. The Colorado State Patrol is investigating the crash. Anyone with information about the crash who has not spoken to an investigator should call Colorado State Patrol dispatch at 303-239-4501 and reference 1A261161. Witnesses should be prepared to leave their contact information for a call back at a later time.

The crash happened at 2:34 p.m. near Colfax Avenue when semitruck hauling an empty trailer crashed and rolled, according to the Colorado State Patrol.

Traffic cameras near the crash showed the truck and trailer had just crossed over a bridge when it crashed and rolled off the road, with the trailer coming to rest on a concrete embankment below the bridge.

The driver, a 58-year-old man, was not injured in the crash, state patrol officials said. The left and middle lanes of eastbound I-70 are closed for the crash investigation and recovery.

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Colorado State Patrol troopers responded to the crash involving two semitrailers near milepost 275, just south of Wellington, at 5:24 a.m., according to a news release from the agency.

Both commercial trucks were traveling in the same direction, and it’s not yet known what caused the crash, state patrol officials said in the release.

The crash sparked a small brush fire in the center median of I-25 that was quickly extinguished, investigators said. No vehicles caught fire, and no injuries were reported.

Both directions of I-25 were briefly closed because of the crash, and all southbound lanes reopened just before 7 a.m., according to the state patrol. The northbound lanes fully reopened at 10:40 a.m.

A 2024 Jeep Compass lost control on a northbound I-25 curve at about 3:15 p.m. Thursday, driving off the left side of the road roughly 8 miles north of Walsenburg, according to a news release from the Colorado State Patrol.

The driver, a 31-year-old woman, crashed into several road signs while trying to regain control, officials said in the release.

Investigators said the Jeep’s rear door was damaged and opened during the crash, ejecting a juvenile girl. The girl died from her injuries at the scene. The driver and a juvenile boy were both taken to the hospital with unknown injuries, according to the release.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

Northbound I-25 was closed for roughly three hours at milepost 60 amid the crash cleanup and investigation. All lanes had reopened by 6:35 p.m., state patrol officials said.

Colton A. Wiedman, 29, is charged with careless driving causing death, four counts of careless driving causing serious bodily injury and three counts of careless driving causing injury, the Colorado State Patrol said Thursday.

Wiedman is also charged with a traffic offense in the crash.

Investigators said Wiedman was driving a CDOT snow plow on westbound I-70 near Herman Gulch on the morning of Jan. 29 when he lost control, crashed through the median and into oncoming eastbound traffic.

The plow hit several vehicles, including a van carrying a girl’s hockey team from the in California, who were traveling to Denver for the Western Girls Hockey League weekend.

The van driver and father of one of the players, 38-year-old Manuel Alejandro Lorenzana Villegas, was killed in the crash. Three adults and five children were taken to the hospital after the crash, several with serious injuries.

The team went on to days later.

Wiedman is on administrative leave, CDOT officials said Thursday. He is set to appear in court for an arraignment hearing on May 5.

Brandon Joseph Sargent-Zuniga, 22, hit both the semitrailer and an RV, parked on the shoulder of I-270 with a dead battery, before fleeing the scene, according to his arrest affidavit. The crash injured his girlfriend, identified in the affidavit as 23-year-old Krista Parr, who died as Sargent-Zuniga tried to rush her to the hospital.

Sargent-Zuniga was arrested on March 28 and charged with vehicular homicide by reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident involving death, both felonies, according to Adams County court records. He posted a $50,000 surety bail on April 1.

Commerce City police officers responded to the hit-and-run on I-270 near Vasquez Boulevard at about 9:05 p.m. on Jan. 16, according to Sargent-Zuniga’s arrest affidavit. During that investigation, a Colorado State Patrol trooper stopped Sargent-Zuniga near the intersection of East 74th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard for speeding and running a stop sign.

The trooper found a woman unconscious in the car’s back passenger seat, the affidavit stated. Sargent-Zuniga told the trooper his girlfriend, Parr, had been injured in the earlier crash and he was trying to take her to the hospital. She was declared dead at the scene of the traffic stop, the affidavit stated.

Sargent-Zuniga told investigators that another vehicle entered his lane and brake-checked him on I-270, causing him to swerve into the parked RV, according to the affidavit. But cameras from the semitrailer involved in the collision showed Sargent-Zuniga attempting to pass the large truck on the highway’s shoulder, resulting in him striking both the RV and the semitrailer, police said.

Sargent-Zuniga, who was driving a gray sedan, appeared to be racing a blue sedan before the crash, police said in the affidavit.

Drugs and alcohol are not believed to be factors in the crash. Sargent-Zuniga denied engaging in any form of road rage, racing or reckless driving, according to the affidavit.

Sargent-Zuniga decided to drive home because he believed it would be faster to take Parr to the hospital in his truck, which was not involved in the crash, than to wait for an ambulance, according to the affidavit. His neighbor helped him move Parr from the damaged sedan to the truck.

At that time, Parr was breathing but unconscious, the neighbor told police in the affidavit.

“Krista was vibrant, creative, and full of love,” . “She had a fiery spirit and an infectious laugh that could light up any room. Wherever she went, joy followed. She was truly the life of the party, always making others smile and laugh. Being around Krista meant warmth, fun, and unforgettable moments.”

Sargent-Zuniga is next scheduled to appear in court on April 22 for a preliminary hearing, court records show.

The two crashes happened on northbound I-25 near East 58th Avenue at 3:42 a.m. when a 2020 Chevrolet Trax hit a 2020 Mitsubishi Outlander and then was struck by a 2020 Mercedes-Benz C43, state officials said.

Investigators determined the SUV drifted out of its lane and hit the side of the Mitsubishi, causing it to spin into a concrete barrier, CSP officials said Tuesday.

The Chevy was blocking two left lanes of I-25 and the 21-year-old SUV driver, 49-year-old Mitsubishi driver and his 30-year-old passenger were outside checking for injuries and damage when the Mercedes-Benz crashed into the back of the Chevrolet, hitting the 21-year-old and 30-year-old men.

The 30-year-old Mitsubishi passenger was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead, state patrol officials said. The 21-year-old Chevy driver was taken to the hospital with serious injuries and the 27-year-old woman driving the Mercedes-Benz was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

The Mitsubishi driver did not report any injuries.

Northbound I-25 was closed for nearly five hours after the crash and reopened at 8:24 a.m., according to the state Department of Transportation.

The state patrol is still investigating the crash, and officials on Tuesday said impairment hasn’t been ruled out as a factor in either crash.

Updated 1:50 p.m. April 7, 2026: Because of incorrect information from a source, a previous version of this story misreported the ages, sexes and injuries of the people involved in the crashes.