jennifer brice, they tell you the victim may be tied to another crime scene nearby. >> reporter: that is right. sources are telling me that this shooting is the result of a home invasion of a marijuana grow house in this area. this crime scene stands about two blocks from this home. they just got a warrant to go inside that house. the house is still taped off. down the street is where the other side of the crime scene is. and that is where a man was found shot to death out >> reporter: evidence markers line this homicide investigation off 76th. hank mcdonald lives on the corner. cops swarmed the area around 7:00 am and have been busy all day. >> they mick up a lot of information, bagged it all up. >> reporter: this neighbor could see the body of the man killed lying on the lawn. >> there's so much violence in

to see it right here makes me concerned. >> reporter: sources say the shooting is connected to a home invasion of a marijuana grow house in the area. sources sate person inside the grow house shot one of the suspects trying to break inside, attempting to steal pot plants. the body was found on a lawn nearby. deputies are looking for a person of interest but won't release that name. >> we're not sure if he's a suspect or what his status is. we're just looking for involved. >> reporter: the crime tape was lifted from the area around noon. but it remains with police guards at this home. deputies sate public is not in danger. is >> i feel scared for my safety because i live here with my daughter. >> reporter: deputies do have a search warrant now. they are actively pursuing this area, another part of the crime scene,

the coroner says she hopes to soon release the identity of the person that was shot to death. the latest on the information into the death of a denver woman in a crosswalk. coleen o'connor worked for the denver police. the driver that hit her might have been drunk it. happened last night at 1st and downing. andrea flores is live outside the building downtown tonight. coworkers are remembering o'connor today. >> reporter: that's right. it's been a difficult day for the staff at the denver post. they learned one of their own was killed by a suspected drunk driver. today they took time to remember the woman they say was the most compassionate person in the room. 23-year-old jesus corrino is in confident for

dui. the suspect hit o'connor while she was in a crosswalk wednesday night. he left scene and drove for about a mile before calling 911 to report the accident. he is under investigation for vehicular homicide and dui. investigators believe he had the green light when he hit o'connor in the crosswalk. >> we write about accidents like this every single probably. sometimes three times a week. and it's very difficult to process that it could be happening to someone in your own community. >> reporter: coming up tonight at 6:00, choline's coworkers talk to us about what made her reporting stand out.

slammed into the impression dry cleaners at half den and boston -- hampden and boston. no word on why the driver lost control. new details about a shooting by a denver police officer. officers were at a home wednesday when 20-year-old michael ferguson scrambled out of the window. witnesses told investigators the three officers tackled him, and tried to get one of their guns. it discharged and another new developments as we approach 20 years since the murder of jean benet ramsey. the 6-year-old's murder remains an open investigation. she was found dead in her boulder home the day after christmas in 1996. this would become one of the most sensational crimes ever in the united states. rick salinger

all the renewed attention. >> reporter: how quickly 20 years has passed. in that time, no one has been identified as the killer of the girl who died in this house. the boulder police department has released its own video statement from its chief, note the coming anniversary of the ramsey case. >> there's no question, this case caught worldwide attention. and there continues to be this crime. >> reporter: the attention will continue in ernest soon, with cbs presenting a multipart series of experts looking at case. one of many programs on the subject. the police chief expressed words of caution. >> facts are often destroyed, which has led to many conclusions.

brother was nine at the time. his words will soon be heard on the dr. phil show. he was cleared, along with the parents but that has not ended speculation. >> we remain focused on this investigation and finding justice. >> reporter: anniversaries come and go. so far without a resolution to this mystifying case. >> rick salinger reporting for us. dr. phil's interview with burt ramsey will air here on cbs. and air a 3-part series this month. you can see a three-minute preview at cbsdenver.com. an update on a story we brought you last night at 10:00. parker police want to thank a good samaritan who helped out on

police say he went above and beyond helping authorities get to the center of the scene, directing traffic while they helped the victims. a wrong-way driver caused that 6-vehicle crash on saturday, and that driver died in the wreck. >> republican presidential nominee donald trump follows his whirlwind mexico trip and immigration inteech new campaign stops in ohio. shaun boyd at her campaign 2016 desk tonight. and his pral people talking today. >> his trip to mexico is paying off in one area. campaign announced it raised more than $5 million in small online donations yesterday with a big chunk of that coming in while trump was meeting with mexico's president. his fiery speech on immigration is turning off some supporters. members of trump's hispanic advisory committee have quit. >> reporter: vice president biden stepped in for hillary clinton on the campaign trail

man. >> this is a guy born with a silver spoon in his mouth that now he's choking on because his foot's in his mouth! >> reporter: trump's campaign fired back. >> these are deals made at top. we have no leadership. we're going to have great leadership. we're going to bring our jobs back. >> reporter: he also crossed his trademark issue, immigration. >> we're gonna build a wall. >> reporter: trump says he talked about the wall with mexico's president yesterday but not who would pay for it. president pe?a nieto disagreed, claiming he told trump that mexico has no intention of paying. trump is also fielding backlash after his hard-line speech on immigration last night. up to half of his hispanic advisory council has quit or is threatening to. >> there are several

donald trump's speech who, to use their term, were disgusted. it was the tone, the dehumanizing, the unrealistic idea of self-deportation. >> reporter: the latest polls schott two rivals in a statistical heat. clinton leads trump by 2 points when the libertarian and green party candidates are included. a fiery explosion could mean a big setback for space exploration. how big plans for facebook also went up in flames. >> hermine is not flush out plans on the east coast this hoorld weekend. >> and clouds along the front range, showers and thunderstorms off to the west, farther to the west, all this moisture has to come through. >> paxton lynch going to get his first start tonight in arizona. what can you expect to see.

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brown has been with the department for 33 years, led the department through the july shootings where a man killed five of his officers. he says the retirement comes after much prayer. expert this is florida have found the zika virus in trapped mosquitos. three mosquitos have tested positive. the agriculture chief calls the development disappointing but not surprising surprising. a storm watch as hermine is officially a hurricane. that strengthening storm could hit florida's gulf coast tonight or early tomorrow morning. it might dampen the holiday welcome for dozens up the east coast. don is live. >> reporter: we're experiencing a brief break in terms of the heavy rainfall.

and behind me, the waves just whipping the shore here. there's already been some erosion, just another sign that the worst is still just a few hours away. residents are boarding up and heading out. >> this is life-threatening. >> reporter: hermine intensified in the warm waters of the gulf of mexico thursday. >> we're gonna have significant as much as 8 feet. we're gonna have significant winds, 70 to 75 mile an hour winds >> reporter: landfall is expected overnight in florida's panhandle. from there, hermine will head up the eastern seaboard. florida has not had a direct hit from a hurricane in 11 years. residents along the gulf coast spent the day

down, vehicles out. >> reporter: the outer bands of heavy rain have been pushing onshore since late this morning. by the time it's all over, some areas could see almost 2 feet of rainfall. a state of emergency has been declared for more than 50 counties in florida. and schools in more than 20 counties have been closed. phillip byron is using these last few hours of preparation to stack sandbags outside his newly renovated real estate office. >> it's just mother nature, you can do. and hope for the best. >> reporter: prepared or not, florida residents are in for a long night. >> reporter: and it had been 1081 days since a hurricane had been in the gulf of mexico. a lot of shops have closed up,

tourists. a major music festival has been canceled because of the storm. >> take nothing chances, thanks very much. let's home hermine stays at a category 1. >> i think it will. doesn't have far to go to really intensify anymore. we have a lot of rain showers in our area, mainly to the west in our state. buttule this is gonna come on through, and that's why we increased the chance of showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. a strengthen to a hurricane before it hit. and a lot of the moisture is already on land. but the eye is still off land. but it is a category 1. this cold front to the north is gonna shunt it away from the coast. so it will go across the florida panhandle and prush by the carolina coast and go out to see. but it is gonna drop tons of rain, up to 20 inches with the 70 to 75 mile an hour winds. lester is a category 2. this is

and thunderstorms are hang around the mountain areas. and we saw that push across, a couple of scattered thunderstorms. saturday looks the same. scattered thunderstorms by 2:00 pm. and on sunday, i think we dry out on the eastern plains, a few scattered showers over the northwest and that's about it. a nice holiday weekend ahead. 87 and 86 other highs today a 84 and 54 are normal. 97 and 44 are the records. 83 and 85 right now. a little breezy out at the airport, south 20. 29 % humidity. a falling barometer. look at this shot over the twin sisters. this is cloud to cloud lightning. not hitting the ground. temperatures tonight mostly in the 50s and 60s over the eastern plains. 40s for the higher elevations

and tomorrow, a little cooler than it was today. temperatures in the 70s and 80s over the east. 70s for the mountains, out west, temperatures mostly in the 80s to near 90 degrees. here is that denver forecast for tonight, partly cloudy skies, mid to upper 50s by morning. then for tomorrow, increasing clouds, scattered thunderstorms, and lower 80s. and then for the next several day, we keep an afternoon shower or thunderstorm in the forecast through saturday. sunday we're at 88 degrees. look at the holiday monday, sunday storms back in the forecast for tuesday. coming up in sports, the broncos preseason game is a big opportunity for paxton lynch.

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broncos fans will be excited to watch paxton play. >> yeah! preseason game no. [ laughter ] >> they call it the family and friends game because only family or friends care about the game. tonight may be different! a lot of people will be paying attention to see how paxton lynch does, the future quarterback of the broncos will get the start tonight and should plate entire game. if his stats are really good, he's probably doing it against the 3rd and 4th team defense for arizona. despite that, this will be the

>> i feel really good about how far i've come when i first got here. when i first got here, i was just spinning all over the place, trying keep up. now it's been slowing down to me. and the fact they get all these reps in this game is a big help for me. it looked like the rockies were on their way to a sweep of the dodgers, then the dreaded bullpen g the rockies led 8-2 heading into the 8th and still lost! 4 runs in the 8th. in the 9th, ottavino came on. usually a good thing, but it was not. he walked the leadoff batter, and later in the inning, he gave up that grand slam. here's the stat. major league teams were 448 and 1 when leading by 6 runs in the 8th

>> it sucked. no doubt about it. won the series, doesn't feel like it, because we had that game inhand. we got an off-day tomorrow. and we got a little extra time to recover from this one. but we've been playing real well. it's a shame we lost. >> rockies are off today. you be the judge! whose pitching is worse? [ laughter ] >> never really had a chance. at least she had a g about it. >> i think it slipped out of her hand. >> it was the shoes. [ laughter ] >> have the rocks signed her yet? [ laughter ]

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parents always want to know if their kids have good teachers. >> why teachers who are nat making the grade are still in classrooms. >> reporter: just like student, teachers across the state are getting grades. years >> reporter: and teachers are in jeopardy of losing tenure. >> it was devastating >> reporter: why teachers who rank below the bar are still in the classroom. >> you have the principal saying don't worry about it, i'm still gonna keep you. >> grading teachers, tonight on news at 10:00. >> final 3-day holiday weekend of the summer! it's gonna be pretty nice. 82 for tomorrow. chance of showers and

>> thank you for watching. captioning sponsored by cbs captioning sponsored by cbs >> dubois: here comes hermine. it's now a hurricane threatening to become the first to make landfall in florida in more than a decade. also tonight, donald trump's softer stand on illegal immigration hardens again. >> anyone who has entered the subject to deportation. >> dubois: what goes up goes down in flames. an embarrassing setback for the private space flight industry. and a pro football player's refusal to stand for the national anthem angers military veterans. >> if he's not for our country and the united states flag, get out of my country.