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(CNN) — There are indications that the man believed to have killed the head of the Colorado prison system this month may have been released from prison early because of a clerical error. Evan Ebel entered the Department of Corrections in February, 2005, sentenced to three years in prison on robbery and menacing charges. In […]

DENVER — President Barack Obama is planning to visit Denver on Wednesday to discuss gun control with local law enforcement officials, the White House announced on Saturday. The announcement comes after a wave of rallies across the country sought to increase pressure on Washington to act. Obama is scheduled to visit with local law enforcement […]

DENVER –Sources say the man suspected of killing Colorado Dept. of Corrections Director Tom Clements and Denver pizza delivery driver Nathan Leon may have had more targets. They tell FOX31 Denver that they found a hit list among all of the other items in Evan Ebel’s vehicle. He died a week ago in a wild […]

DENVER — A Commerce City woman accused of giving a gun to Evan Ebel, the prime suspect in the murder investigation of DOC director Tom Clements, made her first court appearance Thursday morning. Stevie Vigil, 22, appeared in an orange jumpsuit and handcuffs in Arapahoe County Court. The judge decided to keep her bond at […]

DENVER — A woman from Commerce City has been arrested after authorities accused her of providing the gun that was used to kill Colorado Department of Corrections Director Tom Clements. The Colorado Bureau of Investigations announced Wednesday night that Stevie Vigil, 22, was in custody. The CBI says she sold the gun to murder suspect […]

LAFAYETTE, Colo. — A memorial service was held Wednesday for Nathan Leon, the pizza delivery driver who was shot and killed while working on Sunday, March 17. The 27-year-old from Commerce City was married and had three children. He will be remembered by friends and family at Flatirons Church in Lafayette at 11 a.m. Leon’s […]

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — Police in Commerce City are investigating a death after a man’s body was found just two blocks from where pizza delivery driver Nathan Leon disappeared more than a week ago. Police found the body inside a house near East 52nd Avenue and Forest Street at approximately 6:30 a.m. According to Lt. […]

DENVER — Police say they found bomb-making materials, apparent instructions on how to make bombs, bloody clothes and paperwork from the Department of Corrections when they searched Evan Ebel’s Cadillac. He’s the man who is suspected of killing Colorado Department of Corrections Director Tom Clements and Domino’s Pizza delivery driver Nathan Leon two days before […]

Since his death following a wild chase and shootout with police in Decatur, Texas Evan Ebel’s friends, including one former inmate, have discussed the struggles the 28-year-old faced after leaving prison in January. Ebel is suspected of killing Colorado Departement of Corrections Director Tom Clements and Denver pizza delivery driver Nathan Leon in a crime […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Murdered Department of Corrections director Tom Clements was remembered Monday as a tireless optimist who believed that no one was beyond saving. “He lived his life believing in redemption and the ability of the human heart to be changed,” his wife, Lisa Clements said during a memorial at the New Life Church […]

DENVER — The 9mm handgun Evan Ebel used to shoot a Texas police officer last week is the same weapon that killed Colorado Department of Corrections chief Tom Clements, ballistic analysts concluded Monday afternoon. The confirmation goes well beyond proving the same caliber and brand of ammunition used and all but guarantees the accuracy of […]

DENVER — Evidence collected after a wild high-speed chase and deadly shootout with Texas sheriff’s deputies collected from a parolee with ties to a white supremacist prison gang appear to tie him to the shooting deaths of Colorado’s prisons chief, according to a search warrant obtained by FOX31 Denver. The warrant, along with an affidavit […]