Let's Go Brandon!
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2024 5:32 am
The man accused of firing gunshots inside the Colorado Supreme Court building appeared Wednesday in court, where a judge set his bond at $100,000, noting the defendant’s alleged “escalating behavior” during the incident.
The shooting happened Tuesday morning after 1 a.m. when a man who fled a two-car accident scene shot out a window of the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center and went in, according to a news release from Denver.
Police say the man forcibly took keys from an unarmed security guard, fired shots in the building and set a fire in a stairwell.
The break-in comes after a recent state Supreme Court ruling against former President Donald Trump’s eligibility for office, but an investigation “confirmed a high probability” the incident is not connected to recent threats against justices.
Here’s what we know about the shooting:
A man has been arrested
Denver police are holding Brandon Olsen, 44, who surrendered at the scene almost two hours after the vehicle crash, authorities said. Prosecutors haven’t formally charged him, and he is being held on charges of first-degree arson, aggravated robbery and second-degree burglary, according to online jail records. All are felonies.
His first court hearing occurred Wednesday morning, when Magistrate Arnie Beckman noted Olsen did not have a significant prior criminal history. But he called the allegations against Olsen “extremely aggravating.”
If released, stipulations of the bond agreement include a requirement that Olsen be subject to GPS monitoring and adhere to a curfew between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. The judge also issued protection orders requiring Olsen have no contact with the security guard he allegedly confronted or the driver of the other vehicle involved in the accident that preceded the alleged break-in.
A court-appointed attorney representing Olsen did not object to the conditions. CNN has reached out to the Denver branch of the Colorado State Public Defender for comment.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/02/us/color ... index.html
The shooting happened Tuesday morning after 1 a.m. when a man who fled a two-car accident scene shot out a window of the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center and went in, according to a news release from Denver.
Police say the man forcibly took keys from an unarmed security guard, fired shots in the building and set a fire in a stairwell.
The break-in comes after a recent state Supreme Court ruling against former President Donald Trump’s eligibility for office, but an investigation “confirmed a high probability” the incident is not connected to recent threats against justices.
Here’s what we know about the shooting:
A man has been arrested
Denver police are holding Brandon Olsen, 44, who surrendered at the scene almost two hours after the vehicle crash, authorities said. Prosecutors haven’t formally charged him, and he is being held on charges of first-degree arson, aggravated robbery and second-degree burglary, according to online jail records. All are felonies.
His first court hearing occurred Wednesday morning, when Magistrate Arnie Beckman noted Olsen did not have a significant prior criminal history. But he called the allegations against Olsen “extremely aggravating.”
If released, stipulations of the bond agreement include a requirement that Olsen be subject to GPS monitoring and adhere to a curfew between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. The judge also issued protection orders requiring Olsen have no contact with the security guard he allegedly confronted or the driver of the other vehicle involved in the accident that preceded the alleged break-in.
A court-appointed attorney representing Olsen did not object to the conditions. CNN has reached out to the Denver branch of the Colorado State Public Defender for comment.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/02/us/color ... index.html