List of shootings in Colorado

A map showing the location of the U.S. State of Colorado.
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.

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Since the 1990s, 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]

The deadliest massacre in Colorado history took place in 1914 in Ludlow.

Events Location Date Number
of
persons
killed		 Description
Ludlow Massacre Ludlow April 20, 1914 c. 21 The deadliest incident of the Colorado Coalfield War, a major coal miner strike. The Colorado National Guard as well as private guards employed by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company fired on a tent colony of 1,200 strikers and their families.
1993 Aurora, Colorado shooting Aurora December 14, 1993 4 Nathan Dunlap, 19, 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] 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. Polis said he conferred with the families of Dunlap's victims and felt the 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 massacre Columbine April 20, 1999 15
(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.[citation needed]
Subway Valentine's Day shooting Littleton February 14, 2000 2 Stephanie Hart-Grizzell and Nicholas Kunselman were shot in a Subway restaurant. 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. The case remains unsolved.[8][9]
2005 Denver police officer shooting Denver May 7–8, 2005 1 Two 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 and killed hostage Emily Keyes as she tried to escape. Morrison died after shooting himself and being shot by police.[10]
2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings Arvada/Colorado Springs December 9, 2007 5 Matthew Murray opened fire at two church organizations in separate cities, killing four and wounding five others before committing suicide.
2010 Deer Creek Middle School shootings Littleton February 23, 2010 0 Bruco Eastwood fired a rifle in the school’s parking lot, wounding two students.
He was tackled by faculty and arrested. Eastwood was found legally insane and committed to the state mental hospital.
2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting Aurora July 20, 2012 12 James Holmes opened fire during a midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises". Twelve people in the theater were killed and 70 were injured.[1][11]
2013 Arapahoe High School shooting Centennial December 13, 2013 2 Eighteen-year-old student Karl Pierson entered Arapahoe High School carrying Molotov cocktails and a shotgun. He shot another student and then killed himself.[12]
October 2015 Colorado Springs shooting Colorado Springs October 31, 2015 4
(including the perpetrator)		 Noah Harpham randomly killed three before being killed by responding police officers. Harpham had been open carrying; some opponents asserted this allowed a delay such that he was able to kill more people than if police intervention would have been warranted by his presence with a rifle.[13]
November 2015 Colorado Springs shooting Colorado Springs November 27, 2015 3 A shooting and five-hour police standoff occurred at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs.[14] A University of Colorado Colorado Springs police officer and two civilians (a mother of two and an Iraqi war vet) were killed.[15][16] Five police officers and four civilians were wounded. The killer, Robert Lewis Dear,[17] was captured after police convinced him to surrender.[14] During his arrest, he gave a "rambling" interview[18] during which he said "No more baby parts."[19][20][21]
Thornton shooting Thornton November 1, 2017 3 Scott Ostrem walked into a Walmart, killed three people near the cash registers, then fled the scene.[22] Ostrem 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, nine were shot including one dead. In 2019, 18-year-old Devon Erickson and another boy stood trial for the shootings.[24]
Aurora Town Center shooting Aurora, Colorado December 27, 2019 1 A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed inside a JCPenney in the Aurora Town Center mall.[25] Kamyl Xavier Garrette, 18, was charged with first-degree murder.[26]
2021 Boulder shooting Boulder, Colorado March 22, 2021 10 Ahmad Al Aliwi Al-Issa opened fire in a King Soopers supermarket and killed ten people,[27] including police officer Eric Talley who ran towards gunfire in an attempt to stop the shooter.
2021 Colorado Springs shooting Colorado Springs, Colorado May 9, 2021 7
(including the suspect)		 Six adults were killed at a birthday party after which the shooter took his own life.[28]
2021 Aurora shooting Aurora, Colorado November 15, 2021 0 Shots were fired near William C. Hinkley High School, resulting in injury to seven. Four teens were charged with attempted murder.[29][30]
2021 Denver and Lakewood shootings Denver and Lakewood December 27, 2021 6
(including the suspect)		 Lyndon McLeod (aka Roman McClay) killed five and injured two at multiple Denver and Lakewood locations. McLeod later exchanged gunfire with a Lakewood police officer and was killed.[31][32]
Colorado Springs nightclub shooting Colorado Springs, Colorado November 19, 2022 5 At Club Q, an LGBTQ+ club, five were killed and 25 wounded.[33]
American Elm restaurant shooting Denver April 24, 2023 2 Emerall Vaughn-Dahler and Ignacio Gutierrez Morales were shot and killed inside the American Elm restaurant at 38th Avenue and Raleigh Street in the West Highlands. The case remains unsolved.[34][35]

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References

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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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