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KUSA 9News At 6am January 27, 2016

Thanks for being with us right now. We need to enjoy today. Nice, sunny weather. It may not be too long lastty, marty. A change on the horizon. It will get us into the weekend, and then when we head back to work next week, were looking at a pretty serious change around here. Its still well off the coast. Were going to couch this because were uncertain. We have a storm system thats about 2500 miles off the west coast thats beginning to take shape to be a major snow storm for colorado and the front range monday into tuesday. So just kind of get that in your mind right now. Think about it. Follow the Weather Forecast and see how things change. Again, the track, very uncertain right now, but if it goes like it is currently forecast, it will be a major storm for the front range. For us today, gosh, it is just clear sailing. Close to 40s 40 degrees. A couple clouds here and there but really by and large, a very nice day. No wood burning restrictions throughout the area. Warmer today, dry into the weekend, possible snow storm. Tuesday. Of course amelia with this fantastic weather. Its great to have bike to work week. Its so unlikely we would get temperatures this warm headed into bike to work week, but well definitely enjoy it. Well detail that in just a minute. 104th avenue and i25. Police activity there, whats blocking that left turn lane . It looks like everything is clearing up and out of there. The delays underneath the overpass are certainly extensive with on going roadwork. Lets take a live look at our were going to see an on going sun glare delay. The southbound speeds in the single digits. Now, 225 is off to a good start. 10 minutes. Right now, guys, as marty mentioned, this is bike to work week winter style. All the way to friday, give an extra look. Its perfect. Its nice. Its going to be great. Its a call all too common. An officer in need of assistance after a shooting on or off duty. Possible Jefferson County sheriff deputy down. A deputy was shot in aurora. And this morning, the search for the person who did it is still happening. Noel brennan join us live from aurora right now with the latest on the manhunt. Reporter im right here at the courtyards of buckley apartments. They still have squad cars in they have police tape chris crossing the area. This is where the shooting happened. An off duty Jefferson County sheriffs deputy was getting out of his car when two people came up to him and there was an attempted robbery. At this point, shots were exchanged between the suspects and the offduty deputy. The deputy was hit multiple times in his chest and stomach. He managed to hit one of the suspects in the leg. Please say that was a juvenile. Both the suspects, though, took off. Police spent hours searching for them from the air and on the grown. Nearby Rangeview High School was placed on lockdown last night. A Boys Basketball game was going on. This is near mexico and lar ray doe last night. They were told to stay inside. Many were saying this kind of thing does not happen in this neighborhood. This is actually a pretty safe neighborhood, at least i thought. Story, im actually in shock. We moved out here because its supposed to be a safe neighborhood. Were dealing with this now. Police were able to find one of those suspects. The juvenile who was shot in the leg, police say he has nonlifethreatening injuries. As for the sheriffs deputy, he was taken to the hospital in critical condition, cory, lifethreatening. At this point, theyre asking anyone who might have information to give Aurora Police or Crime Stoppers a call. Now the Crime Stoppers number is 720913stop. Cory, we have that number posted on our website, Crime Stoppers is offering a reward, up to 2,000 for information that leads to an arrest. All right. Knoll, thank all right. Noel, thank you for the update. The man accused of killing his wife had a hearing today. He was arrested nearly two died in their home in evans. The investigation originally found ashley killed herself in 2012. After unheard witness accounts and a Police Commissioner mishandled the case and fallice was arrested. An internal investigation revealed he may have failed to report information about the investigation. An Elementary School substitute teacher in denver and nine more people are accuseded of trying to sleep with underage girls. Heres a look at their faces. They were arrested after a two day undercover sting in adams county. All ten suspects face charges for child sex trafficking, soliciting a child prostitute, and attempted child sex assault. Three of the ten are here illegally from mexico. Two others hold positions of public trust. Three of the suspects appeared in court in denver yesterday. The rest including the teacher will face a judge today. Hawker is an Elementary Schoolteacher at warren village in denver. The Undercover Team says the 35 yearold substitute teacher might be tied to other sex crimes as well. We called warren elementary to ask about whether they had conducted a background check on hawker, but nobody has gotten back with us. It is 6 07 now. New this morning, were learning more about the shooting in seattle at a homeless camp known as the jungle. Two people are dead, three others are wounded, and the police chief says she does not think this was a random attack. We dont think they were targeted because they were homeless. We think they were targeted because of who they were. They have a lead on two persons of interest. One person is dead and it was part of an antigovernment protest. The fbi and Oregon State Police arrested seven people last night, including the groups leader, amon bundy. He was arrested at a traffic stop away from the refuge. An officer shot and killed one of the protesters. The local sheriff plans to hold a News Conference today. Its unknown if there are any people left inside the refuge. There are reports saying there may still be people left inside, but that has not been confirmed. It is going to be tough to ignore, the really dangerous driving this morning. Cdot is lighting up its electric signs around denver with new messages that indicate the number, the increasing number of traffic deaths on colorado roads roads. Cdot says the number of deaths is up. Colleen ferreira is live by one of those electronic signs this morning. Cdot wants this memorial message to mean safer driving for people. Reporter they definitely all the drivers across the state, gary. So every wednesday, youre going to notice on those digital signs that usually have weather condition messages, theyre going to have these safe driving messages. Also, theyre going to show you the amount of fatalities that have been here so far this year. I want to take you to this sign in the lakewood area. So far from the sign that started at midnight tonight. It says 13 13 traffic deaths so far in colorado. Not buckling up . Whats holding you back . Just yesterday i was talking to them and they estimate 63 lives here this colorado would have been saved if people had just simply put their seat belt on. The number of fatal crashes are up over the last several years. 545 fatal crashes last year across our state. 2014, 488. And 2012, 474. Cdot tells me everything from driving under the influence, not wearing a seat belt, not wearing a helmet when on a motorcycle. These contribute. Theyre going to have things like this behind me on the sign, dont drive distracted. Buckle up. Pay attention on the roadways. Those numbers have to keep going up. They have to do something to make them go back down. A tradition started in boulder, its winter bike to workday. This is a look at the past events in boulder. So here is how it works. Take your bike, no matter the temperature. Leave your car at home. In denver, all of these cycles will be free, so you can give them a try. Theyre going to have breakfast stations set up all along the busy routes. Almost 1500 writers and more participate. Day. Very cold start in the mountain here. We start warming up rapidly sun is going to be up. Not a lot of wind here. By the middle of the afternoon, were in the 40s and 50s, pushing 60 in southeastern colorado. Nice cool evening coming up. Focusing from the front range out on to the plains, again, looking at sunshine, 40s and 50s up by 76 and out highway 6, well be in the 30s here by time folks are headed home after the dinner hour tonight. Its going to be a good looking day. 6 11. In money news, the law of supply and demand is alive and well in the apartment market here in town. The number of apartment vacancies is up. Three months. More supply means rental rates are starting to stabilize. North denver leads the rate with a 7 vacant rate. Downtown is the only area up above 10 . Start to ease or hold steady for a while. Ford recalling thousands of ranger pickup trucks because they have those faulty airbags. 391,000 trucks were recalled. Ford says the airbags were installed in 04 to 06. Ford says it will send letters to affected owners starting in late february. To find out if your truck is included, you can go right now to ford. Com and click on safety recalls. All right. Thank you very much. It is 12 minutes after 6 00 right now. So donald trump wants out of a debate, and Hillary Clinton wants in another debate. Colorado. Been focusing a lot. More than 2,000 miles off the coast of california. Teens and 20s here, below zero in several areas in the mountain valleys today, but a good looking day. Partly cloudy skies, about 65 of blue skies, 35 clouds. 40s in northern colorado. 40s in the foothills. Well be looking at lower to middle 50s around metro denver. Dry conditions across the state today. Maybe a little bit of ice and fog early in the morning because of extreme temperatures. 20s, 30s in the mountains. Southwest, well be down in the 52 downtown. Partly cloudy, a little bit of wind out of the north. Generally less than 50 miles per hour. Warmer tomorrow. Warmer friday. Not bad saturday. Now, we might get an evening shower on saturday. Clouds hang around on sunday. Doesnt look like much more developing. Very strong winds over the area, a big snow storm possible. Im going to be yakking about it. Amelia, youre going to be tired of hearing about that by the time the day is over. Were definitely going to see the changes on monday and tuesday. Well be right there helping you get through all of them. Sky 9 is over the i70 and 290 split. Nice look shot there with all the ramps traveling through at 50 miles per hour. Its going to be slow along exist accident or constructionwise. Now, our cdot camera, showing ongoing delays on 270 starting to build on the early side. When we hit 6 00 a. M. , thats when we expect the lowdowns. I25 closing down from lincoln to c470. That happens tonight and also thursday evening. All this information about additional ramp closures is up on twitter. If youre looking to avoid the morning commute and work from home in your pajamas, consider one of your companies. These are for tell communitying opportunities. The top five are United Health aetna. If you travel to a country may get refunds if you dont want to go. They will lest customers cancel or post postseason their trips, of course the cdc recently warned pregnant women to avoid travel to the places places are where mosquitoes are carrying the virus. Theres no cure. It could be to blame for some birth defects. They offer to cover any territory listed in the travel alert. Well, if you want a go pro hero 4, you can live stream right to periscope. The newest version will let you select the go pro signal and stream it live. They have about 10 million users right now. Very simple to use. Its easy to use, and you can watch people do all sorts of things. All sorts of stuff. You dont want to see how the sausage is made. Or what i spilled back here this morning already. Green kale everywhere. Yeah. It happened. Donald trump wont be participating in the republican president ial debate this week. The reason he refuses to go to fox news is accusing the Trump Campaign of threatening moderator meghan kelly and donald trump plans to skip the last gop debate. He says he does not want to be a part of a debate where meghan kelly is the moderator. The Iowa Caucuses are on monday. This is an ongoing conflict with fox news. Trump has been so critical of fox news. In his words, theyre playing games and calling moderator meghan kelley, a third rate reporter. One. Hillary clinton and bernie debate. Clinton wants a debate add just before the primary, but Sanders Campaign says they have to plans to take part. It would not be sanctioned by the dnc. Clinton and sanders and Martin Omally all attended a town hall. Their next debate is not until vastly different story on different sides of the continent continental divide. It is below zero right now in grand county and in jackson county. Sunday into monday, snow begins to move into western colorado. By the way , were have a smaller storm in the mountains. Monday into tuesday, were seeing what could be a really powerful storm move through the area. Again, it looks like monday afternoon developing here. Tuesday scooting out of here, and it is gone by wednesday. Current estimates of snow are quite impressive. They will start getting into more than a foot around here. Remember, if the storm track goes south, amelia, look at that graphic. Its pretty easy to see it could go down into new mexico over into kansas. Were going to watch this guy carefully. Right now, it looks like were going to hit us. All right. Marty, well be ready for that with your expertise and knowledge. As we take a look at i25 once again. Shown the worst of the worst here. As you come down from 120th to u. S. 36, its going to be a stop and go drive. Washington and huron, pretty good alternate routes, again, watch for this one on the north side and we want you to keep in mind out west, weve got avalanche control under way. Post office has sent out an please clear a space so the carriers can get boxes and letters delivered. Its a tough time of year for them. And clearing a space is tough. I was watching this time lapse video. It took them two hours and 40 minutes. When you have two feet of snow, that will happen. Most of us are excited to see the broncos in the super bowl. But it could be Peyton Mannings last season with the broncos. Be advised, shots fired. Deputy county sheriff down. A deputy shot while off the clock. New information on what happened before the shooting and the search for a second suspect. And you will see new signs on your morning drive. They arent meant to tell you about delays or construction. They are meant to be an important warning for every driver. Plus, Peyton Manning is officially under investigation by the nfl. The news broke just before super bowl week where hell no doubt have to face a lot more questions about possible hgh usage. Good morning. Im corey rose here. Its calm downtown at 9news, and it is gorgeous looking out. This is a live view from Sports Authority field over the city. You couldnt paint a prettier picture than that. The closest anything, rain or snow, is just kind of moving around over the coast of washington right now. Were in the teens, 20s, and 30s. Throughout the front range, a little cooler along the platte river. Much colder west of the continental divide. Well stay in the 20s and 30s for now. Well touch 40 plus by 10 00 a. M. Thats going to push us to some fairly warm temperatures today. That along with partly cloudy conditions through the day. Its going to make for a lovely day. Look for 30s in northern colorado. Well be in the 40s in the foothills with lower and middle 50s around here. Coming up next week, what could be a major winter storm for colorado and the front range. Now its time to get to amelia and see how things are going on on the roads. We dont have to worry about snow today. Know, we dont. The c470 transitions are smooth. Coming up, i will talk to you about why tonight and overnight well need to plan for additional delays. Now, lets take a look at the rest of your commute. As we head out to our map, so much green. 25 within an ongoing backup out of north glynn. I want you to use a lot of extra caution. Out. Its winter bike to work week. Give an extra and maybe a second an third look this morning on your turns. For the most part, were in the southbound. It will cost you about 14 minutes with average speeds close to 50 miles per hour. Okay. Lets hope it holds. 6 32. Investigators working to try to find a suspect that shot an off duty Jefferson County deputy last night. It happened right across the street from an aurora high school. That deputy is in the hospital right now with lifethreatening injuries. Noel brennan is in aurora for us this morning. Noel, you have new information about what happened in the moments before the shooting. Exactly, cheryl. Aurora police say there was an attempted robbery right before those shots range out here at the courtyards at buckley apartments you. See behind me Aurora Police are still here. They have some crime scene tape thats chris crisscrossing crisscrossing the apartment complex. Theyve been here for hours. This started at 7 20 last night. A sheriffs deputy was getting out of his car when two men came up to him, and there was an attempted robbery. Shots were exchanged, and the deputy was hit multiple times in the chest and in his stomach. Those suspects in the leg. A man who lives nearby heard the shots ring out. He came outside and helped the deputy until police arrived. His gun was laying on the ground about three feet away from him. And his badge and wallet were laying on the other side of him. The other guy called 911. We put pressure on his wounds. I held his head up, and we started talking to him. Reporter they searched the air and ground. They blocked off entire neighborhoods and put Rangeview High School on lockdown. There was a Boys Basketball game going on right there. They found one of the suspects. The one that was hit in the leg. Hes a juvenile and is expected to be just fine. As for the sheriffs deputy, he was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Police do say that he has life threatening injuries. Boy, we wish him the best. Thats for sure. Thank you. Its 6 34 right now. The former wells county deputy accused of killing his wife has tom fallis was arrested ab

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