Multiple media sources, not to mention the Denver Police Department, are reporting multiple shootings and a stabbing outside the Denver Coliseum, where a motorcycle show and swap meet is underway this weekend.
BREAKING: DPD working multiple shootings (1 stabbed) at Coliseum. PIO RESPONDING
— Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) January 30, 2016
#BREAKING: Denver Police responding to reports of multiple shootings and one stabbing at Denver Coliseum https://t.co/nB0H6tx2gg
— 9NEWS Denver (@9NEWS) January 30, 2016
Multiple shootings reported at Denver Coliseum. LOTS of police here. pic.twitter.com/hqFuSLb5s5
— Brendaliss Gabris (@brendalissg) January 30, 2016
Hospitals near Denver Coliseum north of downtown on call for multiple shooting victims. Biker show was underway there.
— ChuckGoudie (@ChuckGoudieABC7) January 30, 2016
9NEWS reports that “two people were shot and one person was stabbed Saturday afternoon at East 46th Avenue and Humboldt Street” — an intersection near the Denver Coliseum, which is hosting the Colorado Motorcycle Expo this weekend.
MEDIA ALERT: PIO heading to 46th and Humboldt
— Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) January 30, 2016
VIEW FROM THE SCENE: pic.twitter.com/1GeYr1plc6
— Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) January 30, 2016
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The Denver Police Department will hold a press conference later this afternoon. Twitchy will continue to follow this developing story.
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Update:
At a 4:15 press conference, police confirmed that there was one person killed in the incident and several others who were wounded.
UPDATE: Confirming one party deceased and numerous others wounded in shooting/stabbing at Denver Coliseum
— Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) January 30, 2016
The Denver Post reports that an anonymous witness claims the incident arose out of a feud between members of rival biker gangs.
Last May, nine were killed after shooting erupted among rival biker gangs outside a restaurant in Waco, Texas.
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