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Columbine victim's 2025 death ruled a homicide after injuries from school shooting contributed to sepsis
A woman who was partially paralyzed during the 1999 mass shooting at Columbine High School died last month, and her death has now been ruled a homicide.
Anne Marie Hochhalter died of sepsis on Feb. 16 at 43 years old. Complications from her paralysis contributed significantly to her death, according to an autopsy report from the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday.
Hochhalter was one of 23 people who were injured in the shooting at the Littleton, Colorado, high school, but survived.
Including her death, the Columbine shooting claimed 14 victims as 12 students and one teacher were killed the day of the April 20, 1999, attack. Both of the shooters, who were students, took their own lives.
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The February 2025 death of Anne Marie Hochhalter, who survived the Columbine High School massacre but was partially paralyzed, has been ruled a homicide. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey, File)
Hochhalter’s brother, Nathan, said an infected pressure sore led to sepsis, and though he knew her condition would shorten her life, her death was not expected this early.
“We didn’t think it would be this bad this soon,” he told The AP.
Hochhalter was shot in the back and chest while she was eating in the school’s cafeteria, resulting in paralysis. She struggled with intense pain for years following the shooting, but friends and family said she fought hard to overcome the complications that came with her injuries – and remained positive while doing so.
In 2016, Hochhalter wrote a letter of forgiveness to Sue Klebold, the mother of one of the shooters.
“A good friend once told me, ‘Bitterness is like swallowing a poison pill and expecting the other person to die.’ It only harms yourself. I have forgiven you and only wish you the best,” she wrote, in part.
FILE – Anne Marie Hochhalter attends a vigil for victims of a mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, on July 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez, File)
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Hochhalter’s own mother died by suicide six months after Columbine. She said her mother struggled with depression and did not believe the shootings were directly to blame for the tragedy.
After her mother’s death, she became very close to the Townsend family, whose daughter, Lauren, was killed in the Columbine shooting.
“She brought a light to our lives that will shine for a long time,” said Sue Townsend, the stepmother of Lauren.
Columbine school shooting survivor Anne Marie Hochhalter (right) talks with Sue Townsend, the stepmother of shooting victim Lauren Townsend, during a 25th Year Remembrance ceremony on April 19, 2024. (Marc Piscotty/Getty Images)
Following a vigil last year marking the 25th anniversary of the shooting, Hochhalter said she was flooded with happy memories from her childhood and she wanted the victims to be remembered for how they lived, not how they died.
“I’ve truly been able to heal my soul since that awful day in 1999,” she wrote in a social media post.
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Former UFC star Cain Velasquez was sentenced to five years in prison Monday after he pleaded no contest in the 2022 shooting of a man he alleged molested his son.
Velasquez was arrested in February 2022 on attempted murder and multiple gun charges after police said he fired at a pickup carrying the man whom he alleged sexually assaulted his 4-year-old son. The man was later identified as Harry Goularte.
Prosecutors said Velasquez chased a pickup truck carrying the man for 11 miles through busy streets in the San Jose area, authorities said.
Luke Rockhold reacts after his fight against Paulo Costa during UFC 278 at Vivint Arena Aug. 20, 2022, in Salt Lake City. (Alejandro Salazar/PxImages/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Velasquez will receive credit for 1,283 days served in prison, which amounts to about three years, according to KTVU. He has a year and a half left in his sentence.
However, one of his former UFC colleagues, Luke Rockhold, wants that number to shrink with the help of President Donald Trump.
“I think it just comes down to the fact that this whole system’s wrong. He’s done his time. He’s proved he’s not a threat to society. He’s done countless things. I’ve gone with him to children’s hospitals to visit kids and see the joy that he brings people. He’s the least amount of threat to anyone in this world,” Rockhold told TMZ Sports this week.
Cain Velasquez appears in the Superior Court Hall of Justice in San Jose, Calif., April 12, 2022. (Matt Erickson/USA Today)
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“If there ever was a time for President Trump to step in and serve a real pardon that makes all the sense in the world … our situation is somewhat justified.
“Cain is one of the kindest, sweetest — until you punch Cain in the face, until you wrong him, he will never do anything wrong. He’s a big teddy bear, what can I say?”
The ex-champion pleaded no contest to felony assault and gun charges as part of a negotiated agreement with the Santa Clara County Prosecutor’s Office, District Attorney Jeff Rosen said in August. Premeditated murder charges against Velasquez were dropped as part of the deal.
Velasquez earned his first UFC heavyweight championship in 2012 by defeating Junior dos Santos. Velasquez successfully defended his title twice.
Cain Velasquez has his hands wrapped backstage during a UFC Fight Night event at Talking Stick Resort Arena Feb. 17, 2019, in Phoenix, Ariz. (Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
He had a brief pro wrestling career in WWE and Mexico’s AAA.
Fox News’ Ryan Gaydos and Chantz Martin contributed to this report.
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SF DA explains why 40 people arrested from drug market raid haven't been prosecuted yet
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — San Francisco has been deploying officers throughout the city to tackle open air drug markets. During the latest operation, SFPD arrested about 40 people but none were charged.
It’s the latest crackdown by San Francisco police and the sheriff’s office. It happened a week ago on Market and Van Ness, one of the city’s hotspots for drug dealing.
“Market and Van Ness has a huge drug problem. They cleared it out by doing what they did, so I think the motive was right. I think the questions was why they made so many arrests, and they couldn’t confirm with prosecutions, but the crackdown had to be done,” said Randy Shaw, executive director of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic.
Shaw views this operation as the right approach but like many, has been wondering what happened next. We checked in with the city’s district attorney’s office and confirmed out of the 40 people arrested, none have yet been charged.
VIDEO: Dozens of drug dealers arrested in overnight raid at SF’s Jefferson Square Park, police say
Dozens of suspected drug dealers were arrested in an overnight raid at Jefferson Square Park in San Francisco.
Here’s the breakdown:
- 23 people were cited and released, and have a court hearing in April
- 12 people were arrested, booked into jail but were not charged
- 5 were arrested, booked into jail, but face further investigation
We questioned DA Jenkins on why it’s been so hard to prosecute these cases.
“Just like in other types of cases, there is oftentimes where the police and my office have to come together and discuss what evidence we need in order to charge, because we have a different charging standard which is beyond a reasonable doubt versus their arrests standard of probably cause,” said Brooke Jenkins, San Francisco District Attorney.
In a statement, SFPD responded saying:
“SFPD officers must establish probable cause when making any arrest, including in all of our recent drug market operations and surges.Our officers will continue enforcing the law to disrupt the drug markets to ensure our streets are safe and clean.”
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Luz Pena: “Is your office having conversations with SFPD when it comes to gathering that evidence so you can prosecute?”
“So obviously as you know, they have only done a few of these operations and yes, we do have meetings scheduled to have these conversations next week. It’s important to sit down and talk through some things that we did not find to be enough, and to be able to tell them what it is that we need,” said DA Jenkins.
District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said her office is seeking for the evidence a jury would “expect” and added, “We are all doing our very best to meet the needs of the San Francisco public right now who want our street conditions improved, and SFPD is doing everything that they can to meet those needs and those expectations and it’s a learning process.”
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DENVER — The Denver Police Department has lifted a shelter-in-place order for neighbors near the 140 block of Emerson Street following a shooting.
The department said it responded to reports of shots fired around 4:37 p.m. A shelter-in-place order was then issued for the surrounding neighborhood just before 5 p.m.
In an update at 7:24 p.m., Denver PD announced that a suspect was taken into custody and the shelter-in-place order was lifted.
No injuries have been reported at this time. Details about the circumstances that led up to the shelter-in-place have not yet been released.
This is a developing story.
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