Metro Denver Weekend Shootings, Stabbings Bleed Over Into Monday Morning

It was a very busy weekend for the Denver Police Department. On top of dealing with numerous crashes, including one that led to a fatality, and the accidental death of a woman who fell from an Empower Field escalator railing, officers were called to at least six shootings or stabbings, one of which is being investigated as a homicide, between Saturday, July 30, and the early hours of today,  August 1.

Two more metro areas reported shootings over that span, with a male victim in Northglenn killed.

The first Denver gun incident was reported at 12:30 p.m. July 30, when the DPD issued an alert about a shooting on the 2000 block of South Julian Circle, in the Harvey Park neighborhood. An adult male was transported to a local hospital with injuries, while a department SWAT team was called to…