The teenagers accused of throwig
rocks and killing a young woman
promised to keep a secret,
but new details from an affidavit reveal
how that secret fell apart. It's been
another day of big weather chan,
more coming, strong wind blowin,
more storms and colder
temperatures. More people are returning
their pets to shelter shelters y
they're struggling to find enouh
space and they need your help.
They said they were Blood Broths
who would never talk about
what they did. But soon after
investigators started questioning them,
two of the teenagers accused
of throwing rocks in a deadly
spree confessed that they did i.
That's according to the affidavt
for the 318 year olds accused of
killing twenty year old Alexa Bartel.
9 News, Crime and Justice reporter Matt
Diablo shares some of the distug
details shared in court documen.
Kim The nine page affidavit has a lot
of information previously unknon
about the rock throwing spree tt
damaged 7 cars and killed Alexa Bartel.
According to the affidavit,
the three suspects, Nicholas Carroll,
Chick, Zachary Quack and Joseph Koenig,
went to a Walmart parking lot in
Westminster last Wednesday nighd
loaded landscaping rocks into the back
seat of one of their pickup tru.
The affidavit says they drove ad
and threw the rocks at moving c,
hitting seven of them,
including Alexa Bartels.
Investigators say when question,
2 of the teens started blaming
each other for throwing the fatl
rock that killed Bartel.
Investigators say Quack took a picture
of her car Bartels that is after
it crashed because he thought tt
would want it as a quote mement.
All three suspects have now been
charged with first degree murde,
extreme indifference,
the
statement Alexa's family wrote.
Alexa was an amazing daughter,
granddaughter, sister,
niece, cousin and friend.
She was an intelligent,
kind hearted soul with a
bright future ahead of her.
Alexa would do anything for
those she knew and loved.
This beautiful young life
was taken way too soon.
Alexa's family has now set
up a Memorial Fund to help
cover funeral and legal costs.
They also want to create an endowment
for student athletes Kim and To.
As difficult as it was, the more we hear,
it seems like every day there
is something else that really
makes us all struggle with this
story. This is a tough one for
everyone. No question about it.
Thank you. Thanks, Matt.
Two parents who were indicted after a
teenage girl in Boulder drove dk
and killed two people in April f
last year have now pleaded guil.
Todd and Charlene Hoffman were
accused of providing the girl ad
others who were underage with alcohol
after the Boulder High School p.
The two received one year of probation
and must do community service focused
on preventing drinking and driv,
especially by those who are underage.
You probably already noticed
the winds of chains outside.
We did a time lapse of the
dark clouds moving in over
Greeley late this afternoon,
evidence of the wind now right
there on the flags outside our
building here on Sphere Blvd.
Take a look from Bow Mountains Camera.
We are about to feel that storm rolling
into the metro area soon enough.
How soon will it hit us?
What are we expecting?
That question is posed to Kathy Saban.
It'll be here in just a little while.
You guys had short break between two storm
systems and the second storm already on
the way after a day with sunshine and 60s,
mostly cloudy, windy out there,
snow already beginning to fly
in the Colorado high country.
The front is already coming
through the metro area.
We have a couple of cells that e
watching in northeastern Colorado that have.
The potential to be severe.
They're not hail producers,
but we're seeing some of these storms
in northeastern Colorado produce gusty,
damaging winds.
Snow picking up in coverage
and intensity on I-70,
severe thunderstorm warning for
Yuma County and RAY until 5:15.
This cell is tracking SE and producing
wind gusts of 50 and 60 mph.
So an active afternoon on
the northeastern plains.
But the rain has yet to move
into the metro area and then
it will flip to snow overnight.
A winter weather advisory Castle Rock up.
To Bailey Winter Park and Estes Park.
We're all about the wind right .
Winds almost 50 mph in Broomfie,
Cheyenne,
very gusty out on the northeastern plains.
We'll see the rain develop
between now and about 7:30,
turning heavy about 8-9 o'clock tonight
and then overnight flipping to .
It's a fast moving storm.
It's out by the morning.
Drive temperatures this eveningl
stay relatively mild and comingp
in our main weather segment will
give you the sunshine and 60s.
Two showers forecast and then lk
ahead to a sunny, warmer weeken.
But my colleague,
meteorologist Corey Reppenhagen,
up in Weld County,
up in the Platteville area,
Corey,
I'm guessing it's windy there in
the front has already come thro.
Man, you got it. We are really
feeling the impacts of that cold
front drop 15 degrees out here m
70 to 55 in just a matter of minutes.
The winds are gusting 30 to
40 mile per hour out here.
And we're keeping an eye on
those severe thunderstorms,
that one that you just showed o.
And Ray?
And I'm watching these storms cg
in across the Wyoming state line into
the northern part of Weld Count.
But as we move into the deeper
parts of the severe weather sea,
there is a product that everyons
going to want to keep an A close eye on.
And it could save you some time
and help you prepare for some
severe weather days ahead of ti.
You'll see this forecast product
and 9 news this spring and summ.
It's called the Severe Thunderstorm risk.
It shades in the areas where see
thunderstorms are most likely.
Thursday's threat, for example,
covered most of the area to the
north and northeast of Denver.
And notice the colors.
Thursday's threat level was shaded in green,
which is a threat level called marginal.
That means only a few isolated storms
are expected to become severe.
Marginal is a level one threat out of five.
Threat levels.
A high threat would mean that numerous
thunderstorms could become severe and
they could be widespread across the area.
These severe thunderstorm risk
forecasts usually get issued
at least 24 hours in advance,
but for bigger storm systems they can give
you a three day warning or even longer.
And So what is considered severe weather?
It's defined as hail that's
one inch in diameter or larger,
wind gusts of 58 mph or stronge,
or tornadoes.
Damage is possible with
any size thunderstorm,
but these are the thresholds whe
we see the most frequent damage.
And the Nine News weather team
always posts these forecasts,
these convective outlooks on
on our digital and on our news.
So we are a good source.
You could also go straight to te
Storm Prediction Center website
to get these on a daily basis.
And Tom, as this cold front moves into
the Denver metro area once agai,
we'll be watching for all of the above.
Rain, Thunder, lightning,
small hail, grapple,
just even some heavy snow at ti.
So we'll be watching
that as we go through the evening. Yeah,
steady diet of everything
continues. Thanks, Corey.
Governor Polis has given the fil
approval needed for Colorado to
create a new office of school Safety.
Governor Polis signed the
legislation this afternoon.
Lawmakers passed the bill follog
the east high shooting in March.
That hurt 2 administrators along with two
other school shootings in the country.
The office will help schools red
to a crisis and recover from on,
but also help them train and pln
and get funding to improve safe.
A former Mesa County elections
manager accused of helping withe
security breach of voting equipt
will spend nearly a month in ja.
45 year old Sandra Brown pleaded
guilty in November and attemptig
to influence a public servant,
A felony, and an official misconduct,
a misdemeanor.
As part of the plea deal,
she must testify against former
Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters
at her trial in October.
Peters is accused of having
unauthorized people break into
Mesa County's election system in
search of evidence supporting Dd
Trump's election fraud theories.
There are mayors from cities all
across the world here in Denver talking
about the challenges that cities
face across the Western Hemisph.
It's the city's Summit of the Americas.
It's being held at the Convention Center.
Leaders from Mexico, Brazil, Ch,
Canada and other countries are ,
and an assistant professor at CU Denver
posted a workshop geared towards bringing
creativity and leadership toget.
He says being a part of the summit feels like
seeing the future unfold before your eyes.
But all of that in the middle of Denver,
Co really says something that is special
about our city because it says that we're
viewed by others across the Americas,
from Latin and South America to Canada,
as a place that that can hold the container
for this kind of transformative thing.
And I think that's a pretty good testament
to the work that's been done he,
the foundation that's been built and where
we might be able to go with it in the future.
The summit rolls through Sunday.
Members of the United Nations,
even US Secretary of State Anthy
Blinken are here for the summit.
Animal shelters need your help.
They're too packed and don't
have enough space for people
giving back their pets. Rescuing
a big elk, that's a big challen.
Fortunately, fortunately,
a Colorado wildlife officer
was up for the task.