Weekend house fire in Pueblo leaves two dead, two injured
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and last updated 2021-03-15 19:37:25-04
PUEBLO â This past Saturday, Pueblo Police and Fire responded to a house fire in the 1200 block of W. 15th Street.
When first responders arrived, the home was fully engulfed.
Two people were transported to an area hospital with critical injuries. After the fire was knocked down, two deceased people were found in the basement of the home, Pueblo Police said.
The Pueblo is investigating the circumstances of the fire. If you have any information on this fire, call Detective Colbert at (719) 553-2478. To remain anonymous, contact Pueblo Crime Stoppers @ 542-STOP (542-7867) or www.pueblocrimestoppers.com.
The Pueblo Police Department is seeking the public’s help to identify a suspect in a recent nonfatal shooting.
Officers were dispatched to the 2100 block of East 14th Street on Tuesday and located a victim who’d been shot multiple times, according to a Wednesday statement by Pueblo police.
The victim told police that at the time of the shooting, he was attempting to buy a vehicle. The suspect reportedly knocked on the door of the victim’s residence and said he was there to sell a car, but when the victim opened the door, the suspect entered the residence armed with a handgun, police say.
Other similar units were used in New York City early on during the pandemic.
The unit, with capacity for 40 bodies, is near St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center.
Randy Evetts, public health director of the Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment, said Wednesday that COVID-19-related deaths have increased drastically in Pueblo County.
He said from April through October there was an average of one COVID-19 death every five days in Pueblo.
In November, the average shot up to 3-4 deaths per day.
In December it has climbed to 7-8 deaths per day.
“This virus is still something very serious in our community and something that people need to take seriously, Evetts said.
Pueblo County Coroner activates mobile morgue unit
Pueblo County Coroner
and last updated 2020-12-16 23:05:36-05
PUEBLO COUNTY â The Pueblo County Coroner s Office has activated its Deployable Morgue Unit as of Saturday due to limited morgue space.
The unit, a refrigerator truck, is staged and operating in support of the healthcare and deathcare providers in the county, the Coroner said.
Some residents near Saint Mary-Corwin hospital have a perfect view of the mobile-morgue and find it really creepy . Brian McCann can see the morgue truck from his front yard. He says he finds its presence rather unsettling.
âI just found out last night it was a morgue, and that gave me the chills. Iâve been up since 1:30 This Morning!