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After dropping for three-straight years, youth crime is once again on the rise across the state of Colorado. Violent crimes rates have especially skyrocketed. 2023 in Weld County alone, there have been three high-profile cases involving minors: a 16-year-old charged with first-degree murder for shooting his 15-year-old ex-girlfriend, a matricide-suicide involving a 15-year-old in Severance, and a double shooting near Sunborn Park in Greeley. But what’s causing these young people to commit such violent crimes?

A boxing coach and gym owner is making a name for himself in the community by helping young people get on the right path.

“I would say that as an organization, we are growing and learning,” Carlson said. “I think that essentially, we started a philanthropic foundation from scratch here. So there's certainly been a process involved in becoming who we are, and there's more of that in front of us.”