SHOOTING DEATHS RULED MURDER, SUICIDE
WEST» The shooting PUEBLO deaths of a mother and daughter in their home have been deemed a murder and suicide.
Autopsies conducted Wednesday by the Pueblo County coroner’s office revealed that 10year-old Stephie Hamula died from multiple gunshot wounds, and her mother, Jennifer, 42, died of a single gunshot, according to a sheriff’s news release.
“Overwhelming evidence indicates the mother and daughter were the only two individuals in the home at the time of the shooting,” said Pueblo County Sheriff Kirk M. Taylor.
At this time, investigators, based on evidence and circumstances, believe Jennifer Hamula is the shooter. Interviews with Hamula’s estranged spouse, as well as other family members, have been conducted, and no evidence exists that anyone else was involved.
A family member had gone to the home Monday and found a body of one dog. That person left the home and called the sheriff’s office to request a welfare check. Sheriff’s deputies then found the mother, daughter and second dog. The dogs were fatally shot.
Man shot in Aurora dies at hospital.
A man shot in Aurora on Thursday was taken to a hospital, where he died of his injuries. The shooting happened at about 3:15 p.m. in the area East Louisiana Avenue and South Yampa Way, according to police. The victim was not identified. Homicide investigators are following leads, interviewing witnesses to determine what lead to the shooting and to identify a suspect or suspects. Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call Agent Heath Graw at 303-7396213 or Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-9137867.
Four dead, including Colorado woman, in threevehicle wreck on I-40.
N.M.» Authorities SANTA ROSA, say three South Carolina residents and a woman from Norwood are dead after a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 40 in eastern New Mexico.
The New Mexico State Police says the crash occurred Wednesday night near Santa Rosa, which is 117 miles east of Albuquerque.
State police announced Thursday that the four people killed have been identified as 21-year-old Michelle Bates of Norwood and three people from Little River, S.C. — 39-year-old Renee Forman, 19-year-old Shyanne Wilber and 14-year-old Nikki Wilbur.
They say a recreational vehicle blew a front tire and crossed the median before colliding with two cars. State police said the four people killed all were in the RV.
Part of new bridge damaged during collapse.
The unexpected collapse of a 210-foot span of the old Grand Avenue bridge crossing Seventh Street and the Union Pacific Railroad tracks downtown damaged two columns in place for the new bridge, a project official said Wednesday.
That likely will add to the cost of the $126 million project and could cause delays, said Dave Eller, regional transportation director for the Colorado Department of Transportation.