garcia is on the story in golden where the dogs are in quarantine. you learned the son had been warned about the dogs being aggressive. >> reporter: shaw was issued a warning citation after a neighbor reported that the dogs got loose and were acting aggressively. they are being held in this secure facility where they are also slated to be put down later on this evening. that isom authorities say their owner agreed to after the dogs attacked and killed his mother. >> to go after their owner irk couldn't hardly believe that >> reporter: bonnie was shocked to learn her next door neighbor had been killed by the dogs in her own home. >> this is a dog mauling two, pit bulls >> reporter: police responded 7:00 pm monday after a frantic call of a gruesome attack.

background >> reporter: authorities say the caller, a man in his their 30s, alerted them that the two pitbulls were attacking his mom. >> locking the door, and running through, she's barely conscious >> reporter: deputies found the two dogs on the loose in the home, and the woman critically injured. she died at the scene. her son was taken to swedish medical center where the staff treated and released him for nonlife-threatening injuries. >> i feel really bad junior. i hope he's gonna be okay. >> reporter: neighbors say the dogs spend much of their time behind this pen. >> they were always penned up. they were never running loose. >> okay. never any issues you knew of with the dogs? >> i never had any issues with the dogs. no. they bark a lot. >> reporter: animal control took them to a shelter in golden where they're court ordered under quarantine. >> reporter: and a sheriff's office spokesperson tells us the investigation is ongoing, and

richard shaw was gonna be facing any charges. family friends also told us this afternoon that susan shaw, who was killed by the dogs, allegedly then her husband just died as well last month. so a very tragic story all the way around. >> we did some digging to find out more about pitbull bites in denver. jefferson county had a combined 85, and denver 62. even though pitbulls are banned in denver, 575 have been impounded since 2013. i united airlines employee under arrest accused of stealing thousands of dollars in jewelry from a passenger's luggage. court documents show a woman who flew into dia-a few weeks ago

checked bag. video shows the suspect taking the case with the jewelry, going to an airport coffee shop, and slipping it into a paper bag. we are keeping a close eye on storms. copter 4 showing us all the clouds over the metro area right now. rain showers are possible for many of you tonight. heavy rain, hail caused all this flooding and all that mess. chris spaers is us tonight. the storm still hanging around more than 24 hours later. >> reporter: oh, yeah, more than fine. take a look at you will of this. if looks like snow, but this is hail that flash flood waters carried here as a city flood developed yesterday. these banks hail are still 15, 17, inches deep 28

>> no words. >> reporter: the devastation is hard to fathom. the power of monday's urban flash flood can be seen up and down logan street in colorado springs. rhonda williams was home when the storm hit. >> it took -- the door flew open and the water came in, and my feet went out from underneath me. >> reporter: in less than three minute, her entire basement filled with water. >> i doors, 4 feet, 5 feet of hail, water line past my window >> reporter: more than 24 hours after the storm hit, hail is still piled to my knees along sidewalks. karen, you are seeing a concrete wall here,

i'm standing in somebody's yard. you can see the wall, and i'm on top of the hail still here. chris spaers, cbs4 news. >> the photos of that intense storm that hit colorado springs on cbsdenver.com. new developments involving a california man arrest forward domestic violence in colorado. she one of the first defendant tougher charge for nonfatal strangulation. the new law allows for a felony charge in these cases were >> reporter: and police say they made that arrest on saturday. 47-year-old david kersh. the victim told police he started striking her in the mouth then choking her. according to police reports, the

this grocery store where she was able to call 911. this summer, a new colorado law went into effect that makes a nonfatal strangulation a felony instead of a lesser charge. >> we now have a strangulation bill passed in colorado. the law became effective july 1. we're prosecuting people for the crime of strangulation, which is kneading the breathing of -- impeding the breathing of another person or restricting their airways by grabbing their prosecutors to have another tool in order to make sure that in particular domestic violence perpetrators are most aggressively prosecuted >> reporter: the new law, pretty important, the district attorney attorney says, because a lot of times with domestic violence cases when there's strangulation involved, it's hard to prove that because

as for the suspect, he remains hocked up in summit county. westbound everett closed between santa fe and southbound platte river drive because of this. crews spent the day repairing a water main break. the cause of it still isn't clear. officials say the pipe is 67 years old. they e restore water to businesses later on tonight. drivers need to take a detour around that area until tomorrow afternoon. the goal is met to raise funds for a memorial to honor victims of the aurora theater shooting. the final dollars came quietly from within the community. the memorial will be a place to remember the dozen lives taken by a gunman at the century 16 theater complex in aurora. cbs4's investigator rick

made this memorial happen? >> reporter: a church here in arc roara reached out to members of its congregation to ask them to help build this memorial which will one day stand here urora reached out to members of its congregation to ask them to help build this memorial which will one day stand here. >> we needed 90, you have given over $95,000. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: last month on the fourth anniversary of the massacre, organizers announced they needed to reach $200,000 for the memorial. it will have a garden with benches for each of the victims killed. the church responded quietly with 600 people giving donations. like kathleen wilson. >> there were so many people that were impacted, not only the ones that were at that theater, but other people that are related or have friends within that situation.

killed, the 13th was an unborn child. a cousin of ashley moser, who was paralyzed, lost her 6-year-old daughter, and a pregnancy. >> what was your reaction when you heard the church had raised all this money? >> i immediately burst into tears. >> reporter: she knew of the pastor's efforts. >> every week he would e-mail us the amount of money they had raised so far. [ crying ] >> and the is money still coming in. it loo >> reporter: heather spotted a rose left at the site for a memorial that closer to reality. >> reporter: one of those killed in the shooting used to worship at the colorado community church. developing now, singer

wrongdoing, why police waited outside his home for hours today. >> a colorado mother lost her son to our country's heroin epidemic. her new mission to save others. >> and the only warning we have is a flash flood warning in cheyenne county. and you can see why, showers and thunderstorms not going any place. only a few areas had these storms. >> and the broncos make more roster cuts, and what is the latest with mark sanchez >> one of the highest profile republicans yet to campaign for hillary clinton comes to colorado. her message to

,, david was proud to be an american soldier. and i know i'm prejudiced because he was my son, but i don't think he had a mean bone in his body. there is not a day that i don't think about david. when i saw donald trump attack another gold star mother, i felt such a sense of outrage. standing there, she had nothing to say..." if donald trump cannot respect a gold star family, then why would anyone in america think he would respect them.

singer chris brown might be facing new legal problems after police searched his home in los angeles. a woman called police early this morning from outside the home. we don't finish she was hurt, not clear why she called. brown declared his

refused to leave the house for hours during a standoff with police. during that time, a half dozen people were escorted out. brown finally emerged. threats prompted the federal government to close several government buildings in colorado and across the country. >> the usda building got anonymous messages yesterday threatening violence. other agencies threatened include the u.s. forest service, and the officials did not detail the threats made but did say they were working with the f.b.i.. the threats spanned connecticut, maryland, west virginia, and north carolina today. colorado is set to get hundreds of thousands of dollars from the federal government to fight the heroin and opioid epidemic. 11 states are being targeted because they have some

getting treatment. >> reporter: the goal of this foundation called epic is to educate families about substance abuse and addiction statewide. >> reporter: mattaz hooked on heroin in four months. and in just four months, he was gone. >> my way of dealing with matt's death was to try to save another parent or kid from going through what my family went through. >> reporter: kris lazarus is inviting you to or annual 5k run. every dollar helps a nonprofit called ax on drugs. it educates schools and families about drugs and addiction.

we're taking pounds of heroin off the street at a time. so it's heroin at a level that i've never seen before. >> reporter: cops blame it on prescription drug abuse. heroin is cheaper, tears find, and say the new drug culture naturally invites heroin to our front door. but the numbers are sobering. in five years, heroin overdoses increased 350% in colorado mostly among under 24 years old. it is happening to kids that you know. >> i've seen a lot of top athletes die from heroin overdoses. kids that you would look at and never in a million years think that they were using. it's kind of like a wildfire. when it starts if you don't jump to and put it out, it's gonna spread. >> reporter:

scompifrngs is info section on cbsdenver.com to find out how to register. >> sunny to partly sunny skies around here, off to the west, showers and thunderstorms, and to the east, showers and thunderstorms again. clockwise flow around that big california, just hit and miss storms. and will only ones that have been heavy are in cheyenne county, a flash flood warning until 6:30 as a result of those storms. here it is, run rays streaming through the clouds. this from the mile high cam. then thursday, woens again, showers and thunderstorms,

much over the eastern plains, by friday another surge of moisture over western sexes of the state. and this could spread into denver and give us a greater chance for showers by the end of the week. a stationary cold front, high pressure holding that back. temperatures at or slightly below normal. hurricane madeline and lester, moving toward ton was rain and strong winds. 82 and 83 our highs today. arour current conditions, 79 in denver. 32% humidity, steady barometer. this is stagecoach

people-powered water craft on a colorado lake this year. tomorrow, about where they were today, 70s and 80s for the eastern plain, sfaertz mountains, and is out west, temperatures in the 80s to near or around 90 degrees. your denver forecast we'll see clearing skies, in the mid-50s by morning. and for tomorrow, partly cloudy skies, once again an isolated storm, once again in the low 80s. for the next several day, not a whole lot of changes. we do warm it up toward the weekend. greater chance for storms for the weekend, isolated through sunday. >> we don't mention our small towns enough. [ laughter ]

to be a cry baby after his recent demotion. >> and tebow takes a swing at baseball.,,,, over a million ears of corn are picked a day here in olathe, colorado. and i'm glad we have a senator who uses his ears to listen to what's most important to colorado farmers. michael bennet asked what he could do to help, and then worked with republicans to make a farm bill that's making a difference to all farmers in colorado. the thing that impresses me most about michael bennet:

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one of the tough times gary kubiak said he does not like. cole quit, no longer a bronco. the team cut the veteran partner who was the longest tenured

highest paid punter in the league. the broncos drafted riley dixon in the 7th round, he'll take over. one guy who didn't get cut was mark sanchez. kubiak said sanchez would be available to play sunday in arizona should something happen to paxton lynch. he didn't play in the preseason game against los angeles. siemian was named the starting quarterback. >> if things don't work out the way y like a cry baby and cause a problem. i don't think that's the professional way to do it. i'll help trevor any way that i can, and it's a good thing. he's a likeable guy. it could be a lot worse. if the broncos were to trade sanchez, hin min might be interested -- minnesota might be interested. the vikings q.b. left in an ambulance today with a significant knee injury. vikings called off practice after his injury. no word on what examine that injury is --

we'll be getting ready for kickoff of the rocky mountain showdown. this rivalry has traditionally been dominated by the buffs. colorado has won nine of the last 13. >> i'm not buying that they're not a good football team.th team. they kicked our butt last year. it's gonna be a tough tough game for us. our young men are excite body playing. the rockies are 10 games out of 1st place and have won three straight. maybe tim tebow could be the guy to get them to the playoffs. [ laughter ] >> he held a workout for major league scouts today in l.a. rockies there were but i wouldn't read too much into it. tebow worked out for about two hours. one report said he hit

practice. apparently his throwing ability left a little something to be desired. if you can imagine that. [ laughter ] >> yeah, but -- >> that's right. [ laughter ]

no more hail in the springs at least. >> not today! [ laughter ] >> we're settled into some pretty nice late summer weather. low to mid-80s through the weekend, each afternoon just a slight chance for showers. at 6:00, a doctor accused of treating patients for ms who didn't have the disease speaks

captioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnell: terror in the night. >> they've got people everywhere. they're shooting. >> o'donnell: just released 911 recordings capture desperate cries for help during the orlando massacre. also tonight, a 911 call brings police to the home of singer chris brown. me, said get the "eff" out. >> o'donnell: a new rule will require speed-limiting devices in big trucks and busses. critics say, not good enough. >> this inadequate rule only applying to future trucks? it's preposterous. >> o'donnell: and a judge gets life. but it's not a sentence. it's a gift.