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Neighbor Betty Ho man said she heard a noise around 12:30 p.m. but assumed it was reworks.

“Nothing ever happens around here,” she said. “I just thought it was reworks.” e schools on secure status were were made by Xcel on Dec. 1, 2022, and Feb. 1 this year, but those trims followed a series of sharp natural gas price increases in 2022 that were still showing up on residents’ bills this winter.

BPD spokeswoman Kylynn Delohery said police recovered shell casings near the original shooting scene but no weapons. Police searched Orchard Church next to PVHS and the school’s ball elds without success.

Police used a drone around the original crime scene at Ninth Avenue and Bush Street to do grid mapping of the area.

A mild winter in Europe has helped lower worldwide natural gas prices, as well as European nations’ relatively quick adjustments to losses of natural gas sources as a pipeline.

No one is yet calling o the consumer hounds. e Colorado legislature set up a special joint committee with members from both houses to question utility o cials and consumer advocates on bills that reached $600 to $800 a month for many shocked residents in December and January.

Colorado’s early winter was colder also included a series of other cost increases not solely attributable to commodity prices. Xcel has sought big boosts from the PUC for updating electric infrastructure, and will be seeking more for building new transmission lines to help complete the changeover from coal and gas- red power plants to renewable energy like solar farms and wind turbines. e commodity pass-through price can be adjusted through quarterly lings from the utilities, as Xcel did Monday, or through interim monthly adjustments. is story is from e Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support e Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. e Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media. e parking lot at Prairie View HS remained closed while police search around the school for a suspect and a potentially related vehicle. Police said there was a “controlled release” by section of the school once the search inside the school was nished.

By the end of January, requests for help from the Colorado low-income energy assistance program that subsidizes consumer bills were running 50% higher than last year.

Xcel said the commodity price of gas, which it passes on without adding a pro t, makes up about 54% of the total residential gas bill, and about 23% of residential electric bills.

Commerce City police, Adams County sheri ’s deputies, ornton police and the Colorado State Patrol assisted.

School, Prairie View Middle School, South Elementary School, Southeast Elementary School, the Innovations & Options campus and Bright Beginnings campus. 27J added more schools to tary School, Overland Trail Elementary School, immig Elementary School and Henderson Elementary School. Authorities issued an all-clear shortly before 3 p.m.

Brighton Police are asking neighbors surrounding 9th Avenue and Bush Street to review any camera footage they may have. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to please contact the Brighton Police Department at 303-6558740. You may also remain anonymous and contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7876.