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Homicides don't 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 case, there's another complication. The AK-47 was owned by then-Denver Police officer Dan Poli...

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 officer's 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 officer's personal AK-47 rifle was used in a shooting that happened June 10, 2020, when Michael Close opened fire at Isabella Thallas, 21, and her boyfriend, Darian Simon, in broad daylight in downtown Denver after an argument about thei...

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.