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Armed man breaks into Colorado Supreme Court building, causes “significant and extensive” damage

www.denverpost.com Armed man breaks into Colorado Supreme Court building, causes “significant and extensive” damage

CSP said in its news release Tuesday that the law enforcement is “treating this incident seriously, but at this time, it is believed that this is not associated with previous threats to the C…

Armed man breaks into Colorado Supreme Court building, causes “significant and extensive” damage

A man shot through a window and broke into the Colorado Supreme Court building early Tuesday morning and caused “significant and extensive” damage in several areas of the building before surrendering to police, according to the Colorado State Patrol.

The man was involved in a crash about 1:15 a.m. near 13th Avenue and Lincoln Street a short time before he forced his way into the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center, which houses the Colorado Supreme Court, the Colorado Court of Appeals and several other state agencies, according to a Colorado State Patrol news release.

This comes two weeks to the day after the state Supreme Court ruled Donald Trump cannot appear on the state’s primary ballot based on his actions surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol breach and riot by his supporters.

Police were investigating threats made to the Supreme Court justices in the week after the ruling and increased patrols around their Denver homes following at least one “hoax report,” the Associated Press reported.

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