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• Sheriffs criticize Colorado gun laws

  April 3, 2013 8:37 PM

  DENVER - Sheriffs from more than a dozen Colorado counties held a news conference Wednesday to highlight what they see as flaws with the state's new gun control laws. The event was held a short distance away from the Denver Police Academy where President Obama held up the gun laws... more »

• Teen wounded in Ga. school shooting

  January 31, 2013 3:12 PM

  ATLANTA (AP) - An Atlanta fire official says a 14-year-old has been shot in the head at a middle school and has been taken to a hospital. Atlanta Fire Cpt. Marian McDaniel also says a teacher suffered minor cuts and bruises but was treated on the scene at Price Middle... more »

• Colo. mural in response to Newtown preserved

  December 26, 2012 10:57 AM

  LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) - A mural painted on a wall in northern Colorado in response to the school shooting in Newtown, Conn. is gone but will be preserved. Longmont artist Gamma Acosta has been painting temporary murals on his uncle's vacant building for over five years, painting over the previous... more »

• Coach praised after Ohio school shooting speaks

  March 1, 2012 5:42 PM

  CHARDON, Ohio (AP) - The assistant football coach praised for chasing a gunman from an Ohio high school cafeteria says he wishes he could have done more and thinks the real heroes are the people who responded to the scene. Three students were killed and two were seriously hurt... more »

• Girl, boy shot at LA school making progress

  January 20, 2011 11:22 AM

  LOS ANGELES (AP) A 15-year-old girl who was shot in the head when a smuggled gun went off at a Los Angeles high school is making progress and another wounded student is out of the hospital. The girl's skull was broken by a bullet that also hit a 15-year-old... more »

• Hero of Colorado school shootings to receive honor

  June 3, 2010 8:54 AM

  A teacher who tackled a suspected shooter outside a Colorado school is being honored by a group of school resource and drug use prevention officers. David Benke is credited with knocking down Bruco Stong Eagle Eastwood outside Deer Creek Middle School after two students were shot and wounded Feb.... more »

• T-birds take teacher for a ride

  May 23, 2010 11:30 PM

  To say that David Benke is excited is an understatement. The middle school math teacher is suiting up for a ride with the Air Force Thunderbirds. "My wife and I when they first told us this we were literally in the kitchen jumping up and down," Benke said. ... more »

• Deputy: School shooting suspect smelled of alcohol

  April 29, 2010 8:26 AM

  A man accused of shooting and wounding two Colorado students on school grounds has been ordered by a judge to stand trial for attempted first-degree murder and other charges. The suspect, 32-year-old Bruco Strong Eagle Eastwood, was in court Wednesday for a preliminary hearing. He's accused of wounding two... more »

• Hearing in Colorado school shooting case postponed

  April 6, 2010 12:47 PM

  A preliminary hearing for a man accused of shooting two students at a Colorado middle school has been postponed to give defense attorneys more time to review evidence. Public defenders for Bruco Strong Eagle Eastwood said Tuesday they were reviewing 2,000 documents, including copies of his journals. A new... more »

• Hero of Colorado school shootings given new car

  March 23, 2010 2:40 PM

  A teacher who tackled a suspected shooter outside a Colorado school has been given a new car. The Shortline Automotive dealership in suburban Denver gave David Benke a 2010 Subaru Outback on Tuesday. Benke is credited with knocking down Bruco Strong Eagle Eastwood outside Deer Creek Middle School... more »

• Colo school shooting suspect says he heard voices

  March 12, 2010 4:26 PM

  Newly released documents say the man accused of shooting and wounding two students at a Colorado middle school told deputies he was hearing voices after his arrest and was trying to fend off "transforming forces" from his body. An affidavit made public Friday also says Bruco Strong Eagle Eastwood... more »

• Boy hurt in Colorado school shooting thanks teacher

  March 5, 2010 10:56 AM

  A boy hurt in last month's Colorado school shooting is out of the hospital and praising the teacher who saved his life. Matt Thieu of Deer Creek Middle School in Littleton was shot in the back Feb. 24 when a gunman fired shots at students with a hunting rifle.... more »

• Classes resume at Colorado school where gunman shot 2

  March 1, 2010 1:16 PM

  School is back in session at a suburban Denver school for the first time since a gunman wounded two students in the parking lot last week. Monday was the first day of classes at Deer Creek Middle School since a man with a hunting rifle opened fire last Tuesday.... more »

• Dad believes accused shooter is schizophrenic

  March 1, 2010 9:06 AM

  The father of a man accused of wounding two students at a Colorado middle school believes his son suffers from schizophrenia. There are no public records showing that 32-year-old Bruco Strong Eagle Eastwood has been diagnosed with mental illness. But his father, War Eagle Eastwood, says Bruco sometimes yelled, kicked... more »

• School reopens for counseling after shooting

  February 27, 2010 9:17 AM

  Classes at Deer Creek Middle School in suburban Denver are scheduled to resume Monday, six days after a gunman shot and wounded to students in front of the school. Faculty and staff on Friday greeted parents and students outside the school who were returning to reconnect with teachers and pick... more »

• Teen shot at school "not afraid"

  February 26, 2010 8:36 PM

  The teenage boy shot in the back at his Colorado middle school earlier this week talked to reporters from his Denver hospital bed with a smile on his face. Matthew Thieu was outside Deer Creek Middle School Tuesday when investigators say a man pulled out a high powered rifle and... more »

• Father: Suspect may have contacted students online

  February 25, 2010 9:41 PM

  LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) - Deer Creek Middle School is scheduled to reopen for classes on Monday. The school just miles from Columbine High School was the scene of a shooting Tuesday that left two students injured. Student Reagan Weber was treated at a hospital and released. The mother... more »

• School gunman had grown increasingly erratic

  February 25, 2010 8:34 AM

  The father of the man accused of shooting and wounding two middle school students in Littleton says his son had become increasingly erratic in recent weeks. Investigators are trying to figure out why 32-year-old Bruco Strong Eagle Eastwood allegedly showed up at his old school and started firing at... more »