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Gunman fleeing crash arrested after breaking into Colorado Supreme Court docket constructing
Police mentioned 44-year-old Brandon Olsen broke into the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Middle after he was concerned in a close-by automobile crash. Picture from Shutterstock.
A gunman accused of breaking into the Colorado Supreme Court docket constructing in Denver by capturing out a window early Tuesday has been arrested on expenses of arson, theft and housebreaking.
Police mentioned it’s unlikely that the incident was associated to the Colorado Supreme Court docket’s choice two weeks in the past that held that former President Donald Trump couldn’t seem on the state’s poll.
Reuters, Bloomberg Law, the Denver Post and Colorado Public Radio have protection.
Police mentioned 44-year-old Brandon Olsen broke into the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Middle after he was concerned in a close-by automobile crash.
After getting into the constructing, Olsen grabbed a grasp key from an unarmed safety guard, fired extra pictures on the seventh ground and began a fireplace there, police allege. The sprinkler system extinguished the hearth.
Police arrested Olsen at about 3 a.m. after he referred to as 911 and surrendered.
The judicial middle can be closed for a while due to “vital water injury,” a spokesperson advised the Denver Publish.