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2 children confirmed victims in murder-suicide in small Colorado community
LA JUNTA, Colo. (KKTV) – Two children under 3 were among the victims in a horrible act of violence in a small Colorado town.
On the night of June 11, La Junta police officers responded to a home near Blaine Park, where they found two adults and a small child dead, and a second child badly injured. All had been shot. First responders attempted life-saving measures on the surviving child before transporting them to a Denver hospital, but the child later died.
Wednesday, the Otero County coroner confirmed the case was a murder-suicide and provided the identities of the deceased to 11 News:
Andrew Martinez Chavez, 30
Rhyle King, 24
Xena Gabriella Martinez-King, 2 years 11 months
Xander Roy Martinez-King, 1 year 8 months
Authorities have not said who is the suspect in the case. The relationship between the four has also not been released, but the Colorado Bureau of Investigation said early on that they all knew each other.
If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts or another type of mental health crisis, help is available. Call 988, 24/7.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Colorado Springs city officials will be hosting a quarterly Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) forum at 1 p.m. today.
There, they’ll be discussing upcoming projects for the rest of the year and updating the community on the rollout of the TrackChair Program. The program aims to provide more access to Colorado’s parks and open spaces for those with mobility challenges through utilizing all-terrain mobility devices.
Officials will also discuss how the city’s ADA efforts will support the mayor’s strategic plan.
You can join the meeting via Microsoft Teams video call or phone call. To join the video meeting on Microsoft Teams, click here. The passcode to join the meeting is afW4Jw. To join by phone, dial 720-617-3426. The conference ID number is 731336356#.
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Two different forwards that were on the Colorado Buffaloes men’s basketball roster last season have been selected by pro teams in the 2024 NBA Draft.
The Utah Jazz drafted forward Cody Williams with the 10th pick. Williams only played for CU as a freshman and missed 13 games during the season due to injuries. His brother is Oklahoma City Thunder forward Jalen Williams.
Williams played in the Buffs appearance in the NCAA Tournament but he says he wasn’t 100% healthy.
As a freshman when he was on the court he showed quick movement and fancy footwork. He also showed he is a good 3-point shooter.
The Orlando Magic drafted forward Tristan da Silva with the 18th pick. CBS Sports describes him as a “plug and play” option, “because he’s capable of playing minutes off the bench right now as someone who can space the floor, be a reliable decision-maker, and trustworthy on both ends of the floor.” Da Silva was one of the stars for the Buffs last season.
CU Boulder guard KJ Simpson still remains on the board as the draft heads to round two on Thursday. CBS Sports says that although he is a smaller guard, “teams that passed on him could be making a big mistake.” Simpson improved his efficiency throughout his college career and has extreme confidence and competitiveness.
The second round of the 2024 NBA Draft kicks off tomorrow at 2 p.m. MST on Thursday.
An alien-like monolith popped up in northern Colorado, days after a similar structure was taken down from a mountain range near Las Vegas.
A Reddit user posted pictures of a metallic monolith jutting out of a grassy area in a Fort Collins, Colorado, subreddit on Wednesday – 10 days after the initial otherworldly object unexpectedly showed up in Nevada, KDVR reported.
It’s unclear if the two structures were created or put up by the same person — or why they were put up in the first place.
The Reddit user tried to figure out why the strange-looking object was installed.
“Apparently the story is, one of the homeowners in the area believes in aliens, and conspiracies; so his neighbor decided to build one, and set it up on the hill, to mess with him,” the user wrote. “Sadly nothing out of this world.”
The Independent has not independently verified this claim.
Mystery still swirls around the Nevada-based monolith.
Days after its discovery, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department removed the 77-inch mirrored structure on June 21, citing “public safety and environmental concerns.”
Police wrote on X: “It remains unknown how the item got to its location or who might be responsible. At this time, there is no LVMPD investigation into the object or the circumstances surrounding its existence.”
But these structures are late to the 2020 trend, when a string of monoliths were materializing all around the globe.
A monolith was found in the Utah desert on November 18, 2020. The same day the first monolith disappeared, on November 27, a second one appeared outside the Romanian city of Piatra Neamt.
On the same day the Romanian structure was taken down, yet another jutted out of the Pine Mountain in Atascadero, California. A fourth emerged in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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