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State regulators have ordered a former Colorado gold mine where a tour guide was killed and a group of tourists was trapped for hours after an elevator accident to remain closed while its operations are reviewed. The move was announced Thursday.
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Members of a mental health response team sent to help a man who was having a "psychotic breakdown" instead killed him by tackling him and leaving him handcuffed, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday by his family. The lawsuit over the 2022 death of Kevin Dizmang in Colorado Springs was filed against the team's paramedic and a police officer.
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A Colorado prosecutor says two paramedics failed to properly care for Elijah McClain when they overdosed the Black man with a sedative that he didn't need.
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Two paramedics on trial over the 2019 death of Elijah McClain told investigators in videotaped interviews previously unseen in public that the 23-year-old Black man had "excited delirium," a disputed condition critics say is unscientific and rooted in racism.
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Prosecutors say paramedics ignored Elijah McClain's distress after stop and killed him with overdoseA Colorado prosecutor says two paramedics "did nothing" to help an ailing Elijah McClain and instead injected him with a fatal overdose of a powerful sedative during a 2019 police stop.
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The third and final trial over the 2019 death of Elijah McClain in suburban Denver after he was stopped by police is set to start. Monday's court case involves homicide and manslaughter charges against two Denver-area paramedics. Experts say the prosecution enters largely uncharted legal territory by levying criminal charges against medical first responders.
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As Gov. Jared Polis and Weld County clash over walking back pandemic stay-at-home orders, the moment for first responders is uncertain. Calls to 911 with…