Right now, police in Aurora are looking
for the person they say hit a parked car,
drove away, and then shot
someone who tried to chase them.
It started on Potomac St.
near Mississippi.
Someone saw a driver hit the parked car
and followed them to 6th in Toledo.
The driver shot that person and hit
them in the arm as well as the chest.
A neighbor took that person to
the hospital where they were
able to talk to investigators.
Police say they're looking for a
white SUV but haven't released any
other information at this time.
New video gives us a lot more
information about what happened.
For a Littleton police officer shot and
killed a man on a stolen motorcycle
and it paints a different picture
than what police initially told us.
The shooting happened early
last Thursday morning.
Police got a call about a suspicious
vehicle near an apartment complex.
The initial press release from
Littleton police said Stephen Poulson
was driving a motorcycle and crashed.
It claimed when an officer
tried to talk to Polson,
he ran and pulled out a gun.
Then the officer shot and killed him.
9 News obtained security
video that shows the crash.
You can see Polson on the bike
at the top of your screen,
the Littleton.
Officers car is on the left and the officer
hits him knocking over the motorcycle.
Then Polson ran.
So we asked police why they left that
detail out of the press release.
The department told us the
initial release was quote
very preliminary information.
The officer is on paid leave
during the investigation
this morning there are still a lot of
questions about what led up to a 12
year old boy being shot and killed in a
stolen car in Denver over the weekend.
This happened on Sunday and
investigators say a man used an app to
track his car which had been stolen.
To the Sun Valley neighborhood.
According to police,
the man went up to the car was quote
involved in exchange of gunfire after
police say a kids Rove the stolen
car a few blocks away on W 10th Ave.
that's where police found 12 year
old Elias Armstrong in the car
with a gunshot wound.
Police believe other people
in the stolen car ran away.
The 12 year old sadly died at the hospital.
Police say they have spoken to the
man who shot the boy but he has
not been arrested at this time.
They say they're still looking
into who shot their gun first.
The 16th St.
Mall could be a place where people
in downtown Denver walk around
and enjoy local shops.
Instead,
it's been the subject of
safety concerns for months now.
News reporter Brianna Fernandez is live
now in Denver and Brianna, how is the
city addressing safety issues there?
Hey, good morning, Cory and Jordan.
Yeah, so city officials say that they
want to get to the root of the problem,
whether that's mental health
issues or substance abuse.
They say that they want to provide
that the help people need.
Now, we know that the downtown Denver
program launched a new plan to address
safety issues about 90 days ago.
So far, they say they've seen some
improvement businesses in the area say
they're doing what they can and making
changes like closing early or having two
people working at all time for safety.
But it's just not enough for some business.
Owners, one who recently opened a cafe
at the corner of 16th and California,
had no other toys but to shut
her doors for good.
Our window is broken.
Like the first day we opened,
somebody came by and just took
this giant thing and hit it against
the window and broke the giant
Bay window and it was a really,
really exciting opportunity.
It's just not sustainable long term.
So we know the outreach team has
referred to ADH treatments as well
as resources, and they say they
want to try to keep it this way,
that way they're not circling people in
and out of the criminal justice system.
Back to you guys. Yeah, they're
saying that the answer here is
not arresting people, but more
so giving them resources, right?
Yeah, exactly. I mean,
they don't wanna, you know,
just go in circles what
they've been doing before.
They want to actually provide
the help that people need. Yeah.
Alright, Brianna, thank you.
Well, Deborah could get some more money
from the state to help migrants who
have come from the southern border.
The state initially gave Denver
$1.5 million in grants in December
to help cover sheltering,
transportation and shelter staffing.
Now Denver's Department of Human
Services is asking City Council to
sign off on an extension of that grant
that would give the city another one.
Billion dollars to help cover costs the
city estimates it spent $4.8 million so
far to accommodate more than 4500 migrants.
Human Services told City councillors
the new funding could be used to pay
for 100 emergency shelter assistance of
the city is in the process of hiring.
Doctors are trying to figure out why
some kids develop allergies and asthma
and if there's any way to prevent it.
Right now, National Jewish Health
is running a study to follow moms
and babies from pregnancy through
the toddler years and as reporter.
And from Michelle explains what they're
hoping to do with all of this data.
Hey, sweet baby. For little
Bowen, the job is pretty easy.
You like this? Do you want
to play with this? She
just sits and smiles on her mama's
lap while Doctor Jessica Huey takes
a couple of quick skin samples.
Bowen has been in this study
since she was in my tummy.
Mom, Brooke Tippin is part of this study too.
So I actually have history of
allergies and asthma and unfortunately,
my oldest. He was three Lincoln.
He also has is going in that direction.
The incidence of allergies has increased
over the last couple of decades,
and we really want to understand why.
National Jewish Health is part of
a team running the Sunbeam study,
following women from pregnancy
until their baby turns 3,
collecting skin, hair and bodily
fluid samples and tracking families,
environmental factors, from dust
in the home to what the baby eats.
And we know that there's
some sort of genetic factor.
And there's also some sort of
environmental factor going on.
But in terms of how all of that plays a role,
that's why we're doing Sunbeam.
I've seen many lives changed by research,
many lives saved by research.
And so I just felt fitting that
I would give back, you know,
some of our time and efforts
to to help some other kiddos.
Brooks spent years working as a
pediatric nurse from her healthcare
perspective to her own household.
There's so much that could be
learned about allergies that
we just don't know of yet. She
hopes that her family's
data can help future kids.
Jennifer Mechels reporting there.
So the goal is to figure out why
this happens and then doctors
can start working on prevention
education for pregnant women and
possibly a treatment for babies.
National Jewish Health is still looking
for families to be part of this study.
It's observational only,
no sticking you with needles.
We have details on our website at 9news.com.
And one thing you want to
know about the weather today,
the statistics going for
a high of just 33 degrees,
the normal high would be 45,
the record 73 from 1954 and the record
low from 22 years ago 15 below.