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Homicides dont get much more tragic and senseless than the June 10, 2020, slaying of 21-year-old Isabella "Bella" Thallas. Michael Close allegedly used an AK-47 to kill Thallas and seriously wound Darian Simon near West 30th Avenue and Fox Street after "the suspect got into a verbal altercation with the victims related to the victims telling [their] dog to poop," according to a Denver Police Department report. Although the Denver district attorney has charged Close with first-degree murder in...

The memorial ride took the group down Colfax Avenue and past the mural of Thallas on the corner of 17th and Park avenues.

Denver police officer resigns after gun used in homicide The Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail DENVER (AP) — A police sergeant in Denver has resigned nearly a year after his longtime friend used the officers personal gun in a fatal shooting. The Denver Post reports that Sgt. Dan Politica did not state a reason for leaving when he resigned March 13. The officers personal AK-47 rifle was used in a shooting that happened June 10, 2020, when Michael Close opened fire at Isabella Thallas, 21, ...

Nearly a year after the death of Isabella Thallas in Denver, the city is grappling with how the rifle used to kill Thallas was a personal firearm of a Denver police officer who was a longtime friend of the shooting suspect.

Nearly a year after the death of Isabella Thallas in Denver, the city is grappling with how the rifle used to kill Thallas was a personal firearm of a Denver police officer who was a longtime friend of the shooting suspect.

A woman was fatally shot while walking a dog. The gun used was a police officer’s AK-47. Timothy Bella A mural of Isabella Thallas by artist Thomas “Detour” Evans in Denver. Thallas, 21, was killed last year by an alleged gunman who used an AK-47 owned by a police officer. As Darian Simon was walking his dog with his girlfriend last June, he heard a critical voice yelling at them to not let the dog go to the bathroom in the alley of a Denver apartment building. The man ...

DPD officer resigns after his gun was used in shooting of Isabella Thallas Amanda Kesting Replay Video UP NEXT A former Denver police officer whose gun was used in the fatal shooting of a young woman this summer has resigned. Sgt. Daniel Politica resigned from the Denver Police Department (DPD) effective March 13, according to a spokesperson for the department. 9Wants to Know confirmed earlier this year that an AK-47-style rifle belonging to Politica somehow ended up in the han...

Article content A Denver man accused of shooting a woman dead and injuring her boyfriend over a dispute about where the pair’s dog can poop has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Michael Close, 37, entered the plea on Monday virtually in Denver District Court, reports the Denver Post. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Man accused of murder over dog pooping pleads insanity Back to video Denver police allege Close fired at least 24 shots f...

Mother Of Murder Victim Isabella Thallas Pushes For Colorado Bill Requiring Owners To Report Stolen Firearms CBS Denver 3/10/2021 Syndicated Local – CBS Denver DENVER (CBS4) – Each year thousands of firearms go missing in Colorado. State lawmakers are considering a bill that would make it a crime for a gun owner not to report their firearm missing. A mother whose daughter was shot and killed while walking her dog in Denver’s ballpark neighborhood last summer is among tho...

A Colorado man charged with fatally shooting a woman and wounding her boyfriend over an argument about dog poop has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.