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Denver Neighbors Rush To Help Woman Shot Dead In Car Fire: ‘We Tried’
CBS Denver via MSN ^ | 11/09/2021 | CBS Denver

Posted on 11/09/2021 11:33:14 AM PST by Scarlett156

DENVER (CBS4) – Just before sunrise Monday morning, a south Denver neighborhood was violently awoken by gunfire.

“It was surreal. It didn’t seem like it was actually happening,” said Russ Skigen, a resident of the Gun Club Green community.

First, Skigen said he heard the gunshots.

“I heard 10. Other neighbors heard six. Others heard eight,” he told CBS4.

Then, Skigen saw smoke billowing from a neighbor’s car which crashed at a home on East Dartmouth Avenue.

“I realized that there was somebody in there and my neighbors needed help getting her out,” he said.

With a mix of panic and adrenaline, Skigen rushed to the fiery scene.

“Myself and a couple of our neighbors were able to pull her out of the car,” Skigen explained.

Skigen said it was clear the woman he helped pull from the burning car had been shot in the face. He and his neighbors did what they could to help her until Denver firefighters and paramedics arrived.

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This is a CRAZY story.
1 posted on 11/09/2021 11:33:14 AM PST by Scarlett156
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To: Scarlett156

Once upon a time, journalists would try to do the Who, What, Where, When thing.

But now it’s Drama, more Drama, touch of Drama, then some Drama, and then a little Who. Maybe.


2 posted on 11/09/2021 11:36:34 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Alec Baldwin has killed more people than the Jan 6 protesters. And he will serve less jail time.)
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To: Scarlett156

Good chance drugs were involved.

My brother-in-law had a nice house in an upscale Denver neighborhood. He had to build a ten foot high iron fence around the property and install a very hi-tech security system. Criminals would even steal the furniture off of his porch. When we visited we were often awakened by police sirens and red lights in the alley behind the house. And as I said this was an upscale neighborhood. I’d never move to Denver.


3 posted on 11/09/2021 11:38:25 AM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: ClearCase_guy

All reporters are now sob sisters. “Facts? Who needs facts? People want emotion! They want to know how people feeeeeeeel!”


4 posted on 11/09/2021 11:39:42 AM PST by Retrofitted
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To: Scarlett156

From what is visible, that looks like a well kept, upper middle class neighborhood. This sounds like a hit job on these two individuals, not random killing. Even still, I’m sure the rest of the neighbors now feel much less safe than before.


5 posted on 11/09/2021 11:40:06 AM PST by lee martell
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To: Scarlett156

what was she doing in a car fire that she got shot???


6 posted on 11/09/2021 12:05:00 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Scarlett156

Yes!! I always think it is nuts, when someone starts off a sentence with, “Myself”....

Oh, yeah, the rest of the story is pretty crazy, too. It will be interesting to see what the investigation reveals.


7 posted on 11/09/2021 12:19:01 PM PST by NEMDF
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To: Scarlett156

When they got to the neighborhood near Quebec and Dartmouth, a DPD spokesperson explained officers looked up the registration of the burning vehicle the woman was pulled from.

It belonged to a resident in a house just across the street, and when officers went inside, they found a man who’d also been shot. Police said the man was taken to a hospital where he later died.

“It was horrific seeing something like that happen,” Skigen said.

Police said the victims were in a relationship and the circumstances are part of the ongoing investigation.

Sounds like a pretty bad relationship.


8 posted on 11/09/2021 12:36:56 PM PST by Flick Lives (The future is a quiet world)
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To: Seruzawa

even 30 yrs ago, I noticed in many Denver neighborhoods BARS on the windows.....in upstate NY we never had bars on our windows and my father always left his car keys on the front seat in plain view....


9 posted on 11/09/2021 12:47:16 PM PST by cherry
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To: cherry

The only other place I’ve visited with a lot of bars on windows was Hollywood in the 90s. We lived there a few years in the late 70s, but there weren’t bars then. Now the entire area is barred up.


10 posted on 11/09/2021 1:15:12 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
...a south Denver neighborhood was violently awoken by gunfire.
They were already woke. Best idea for them is gun confiscation followed by defunding the police. /s

11 posted on 11/09/2021 2:10:30 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

“Once upon a time, journalists would try to do the Who, What, Where, When thing.”

Now it’s “whatever”.


12 posted on 11/09/2021 2:15:08 PM PST by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: Chode

I stay away from car fires. They’re nothing but bad news and a terrible place to get shot.


13 posted on 11/09/2021 3:18:19 PM PST by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: ClearCase_guy

***Who, What, Where, When thing.***

I remember that way back in the 1960s high school class!
“Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How!”


14 posted on 11/09/2021 3:19:38 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (4th time in FB prison this year. Reason? I wrote a quick synopsis of why I was in the last 3 times.)
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To: CodeToad

no, no it’s not desirable...


15 posted on 11/09/2021 3:43:48 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Seruzawa

The up scale Denver Neighborhood. Was it Park Hill north near MLK Blvd? Could you say the location of the upscale neighborhood?


16 posted on 11/09/2021 4:15:16 PM PST by Trumpet 1 (US Constitution is my guide.)
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To: Trumpet 1

It’s been a long time and I can’t remember the main street there. It was south of downtown. Lots of big turn of the 20th century homes. Nice neighborhood except for the marauding thieves.


17 posted on 11/09/2021 4:30:18 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Seruzawa

South of Downtown Denver. Was not Park Hill. Was not anywhere near MLK Blvd. could have been S Broadway or S Santa Fe. Or Washington Park. One of the mega trends is that big city people are moving to safer areas away from the big city.


18 posted on 11/09/2021 4:51:11 PM PST by Trumpet 1 (US Constitution is my guide.)
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To: Retrofitted

Local news is unwatchable between the liberal bias and the slobbering emotionalism. You can get the weather from a phone app or the radio. Ditto for sports scores.


19 posted on 11/09/2021 4:54:54 PM PST by Wallace T.
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To: Trumpet 1

The main drag nearby began with a “C” I think. It’s been 20 years since I was there. My BIL used to love this restaurant called the “Good Friends” which had giant martinis. That’s mostly what I recall.


20 posted on 11/09/2021 4:59:14 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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