break news of a car that careened into a home in montbelwell, o. a stolen suv hit a car and another parked car. >> tom mufltin is there live -- mustin is there live. do police have any idea why this happened? >> reporter: police are not talking about a motive. we know at 9:00 last night the gunman

kicked in the door. the manager here for 16 years was shot in the head at close range and fighting for his life. >> he's a great person. we don't know why anybody would do that. >> reporter: she fought back tears after a brutal attack on the manager. >> he just had a baby six months ago. that's what's going through my head is his daughter. >> reporter: he manages the colonial manor motel near and york in denver. tuesday night they heard gunshots and his wife screaming. >> we heard a noise, a loud bang. his wife came running out screaming, help help help. >> reporter: shawna and a neighbor ran to a neighbor and the motel officers. he had been shot point blank in the head. >> see him laying on the office

blood. >> reporter: when police arrived, he was able to describe the attacker. >> he was in a black hoodie and black pants >> reporter: dpd is not releasing a suspect description and will not confirm if the gunman tried to rob the office. >> we don't know why the shooting transpired. >> reporter: as the popular manager fights for his life, shawna is sending thoughts and prayers. >> i just hope he's okay. >> reporter: didn'ts don't have a lot to go on. so if you have any information, call denver police or crime stoppers. we have new information about threats in greeley sc involving clowns. an involve-year-old student is in custody after being accused of bringing an airsoft gun to school, threatened to use that gun wearing clown gloves.

that had an image of a clown on it. a 15-year-old student allegedly started a facebook hoax of clowns carrying out a shooting in northridge high school. that was a hoax. the district attorney will decide whether she will face any charges. a boulder county trial that just ended today after one day of deliberating. a jury finds a driver guilty of murder for hitting and killing a state patrol cadet. he was found guilty of all but two of the 1 the deputy was investigating an accident when gebers slammed into the accident scene. >> reporter: this day has been a long time coming for the family and law enforcement.

guilty of count no. 1. >> reporter: with no obvious signs of emotion, christopher gebers listened as he was convicted of murdering a colorado state trooper and nearly killing another. >> two criminal attempts of murder in the first degree >> reporter: a jury found him guilty of driving reckless he when he raced away from officers and is crashed his speeding car into two troopers along highway 66 in late may cadet tifo was killed. >> it's truly a miracle that clint rushing is alive and survived being hit by the defendant's vehicle. >> reporter: his mother had a message for her sob. >> taylor, your death serves as a reminder of evil's existence. but the way you lived your lifeserves as a reminder of evil extinction.

saved the life of a tow truck driver. >> reporter: a first degree murder conviction in colorado comes with a mandatory life sentence. gebers' formal sentencing will be on november 4th. least five counties in colorado. it's targeting illegal pot grows in homes. rick salinger has been reporting on what we have called the pot house next door. >> reporter: more than 22,000 pounds of pot has been seized. what makes this different this is involves an otherwise whose members -- organization whose members are original from laos.

by the dea and sheriffs in pueblo and el paso counties. the raises were at a dozen homes determined to be filled with marijuana gross. dea agents used search warrants to access the residences. the marijuana was for sdrifkz in arkansas and texas -- distribution in arkansas and texas. grown here under the cover of colorado's laws. all the locations were tied to this one organization made up of people from laos. their status in this country has not been released. this information comes after several chinese workers were taken into custody recently in western colorado at an illegal outdoor marijuana grow. investigators are trying to determine if they were being put

marine turned entrepreneur david cook came in from albuquerque to go for a hike near aspen. he wanted to summit some tough 14ers in the wilderness area. and pyramid peak right here. matt kroschel is live in aspen with the latest on the search efforts. >> reporter: a lot of frustration here today, we're at the base of the mountain, the command po crews coming off the mountain with slumths no clue what happened -- absolutely no clue what happened to this man. there were 47 people up there searching today, two helicopter, four dog crews, horse crews and people on foot. >> it's rugged, steep. >> reporter: one of the most photographed places in the country. >> to be up there right now is not easy. >> reporter: it's the search area for dozens of people looking for dave cook.

creamily. >> reporter: cook disappeared a week ago while climbing this wilderness area near aspen. >> he lives in new mexico and an experienced climber, comfortable in the wilderness. >> do you have any information to believe this is something other than just somebody who went into the wilder information to believe this is anything other than a missing hiker. >> reporter: search frerz several counties -- searchers from several counties are helping out. >> the searchers are doing the

>> reporter: the crews are inside having a meeting to decide what they'll do next, continuing ground operations like this last week or if they'll scale that back and try more of an investigative approach. people in this area last week are urged to contact the folks here in aspen at search and rescue if they have y they think the description of this man was like. an update on the recovery of a little girl injured when a house caught fire. he was trapped in her bedroom when those flames broke out in her family's home in lakewood earlier this month. firefighters enter issed the burning home and

burning home and pulled her to safety. a koobl coach injured in a crash -- football coach injured in a crash is getting ready to return to the field. >> flu season is almost here. what you need to know about this year's vaccine. >> still sunny, warm, and dry out here in the eastern plains. a couple sprinkles and clouds moving up from the south because

back on the practice feel after being seriously hurt when the bus crashed. he remembers getting on the bus that day and waking up at the er. the team had just gotten home from a trip to california. high suffered facial fractures and a concussion.

against overland. >> the overall outreach has been unbelievable between our district, administration, the building administration, the community, our school. broomfield as a community. and the whole football community in the state of colorado. >> the crash did bill the driver. investigators haven't determined what caused the wreck. an inspection found no mechanical problems with the bus. a week into fall and just days away from flu season. >> it runs from october to may and experts say now is the time to get immunized. kathy walsh is joining us with what we need to know about this year's vaccine. hope it works! >> gotta try it. [ laughter ] >> it should be plentiful. there's 157 to 168 million doses of influenza vaccine expected to

this year however you have no choice but to get a shot. >> reporter: dr. miguel with kaiser is getting set for the season with a flu shot. the infectious disease physician got a high dose vaccine recommended for people 65 and older. >> we don't know if we'll have an epidemic this year. it's good to be prepared. >> reporter: there's a choice of vaccine this year. some trivalent, effective antitwo strains and one b strain. others are quadra valent. they target additional strains. this season, mist isn't an option. >> the cdc recommended this year not to use the flu mist. in two of the past three flu seasons, the mist was shown to be ineffective. >> reporter: adam jackson infectious disease clinical

says everyone over six months should get the flu shot. >> absolutely cannot get the flu from the flu shot. >> reporter: if you're 65 or older, the cdc recommends two vaccines given in a series to prevent certain types of bacterial infections that can cause meningitis and pneumonia. >> taking on the wives tales. >> that's why i asked the question. [ laughter ] it looks pretty nice. nice sunny skies over the eastern plains today. moisture still trying to work its way up into western colorado. today it had some success. scattered showers, clouds moving in, and these push over to the eastern plains. here it is on the hour by hour. the clouds over there, scattered

reaching the ground. now the clouds and moisture begin to move into the west. and only clouds come across the eastern plains. friday a different story, showers line up around 5:00 in the afternoon along the front afrj range. that includes the metro area. doesn't left long. saturday more showers. in the end we could see an isolated shower for the east for saturday is. and low pressure back east with showers and there. high pressure here holding this cold front in place. watching tropical storm matthew, moving west at 18. gonna take a hard right turn over eastern cuba and head toward the u.s. other hurrs that have taken this pattern have done should pretty good damage to the u.s. haze nel 1954 did some devastation on the

today 82s both locations, 49 and 50 were the starts. 73 and 43 are normal. 92 and 21 other records. from our weather watchers, silver plume, pleasant 65. fort collins 78. arvada 81. and northwest of brush, 82 degrees as well. 78s right now. the airport and downtown keeping pace. east 15 for the winds. 17% humidity. more beautiful from tom dugan! this is a great shot, estes park. temperatures for tonight mostly 40s and 50s over the eastern plains. 40s and 50s out west. tomorrow another warm day for the eastern plains. 70s and 80s. 60s and 70s higher up. out west, temperatures in the 60s and 70s. clear skies, around

morning. for tomorrow, partly sunny skies, back into the lower 80s. for the next several day, slightly cooler, 76, 77 on saturday, back to 80 on sunday with an afternoon chance for shower or thunderstorm. monday seasonal 73. on sunday there will be one highly tout the quarterback coming out of college play. >> his name is trevor siemian. or maybe the other guy. [ laughter ] >> broncos and bucks have quar draft. who will pay quarterback for the patriots this weekend? ,, i first met mike on a fundraising event to help the hunger in ethiopia. i was an aurora scholar this year. at his birthday party.

mike is a great friend to the ethiopian community. mike's not like other politicians. he's not like other republicans. i think he's better. mike's one of us. he's one of us. mike coffman es uno de nosotros. mike is one of us. i'm mike coffman, and i approve this message. in colorado, we stand together, but congressman coffman stands with donald trump and will support trump for president.

coffman: i don't know whether barack obama was born in the united states or not. coffman and trump are too dangerous for colorado.

trevor siemian named offensive player of the week today. the seventh and final quarterback drafted in the 2015 draft, 7th round, 250th overall selection. first quarterback and first overall player taken that year, tampa baya's jameis winston who the broncos will face this weekend. his resume

siemian's. don't expect that to impress the denver defense. >> that's crazy. compete against the best is how you be the best. >> last year quarterbacks playing, running quarterback better than he we'll have a problem with him. >> saw to respect your opponent. we put that time in and preparation where we feel confident, we feel cocky in the week because we already prepared great. winston said he was excited to take on one of the top defenses in the nfl, the challenge, the opportunity. and he was asked what he's seen so far from the broncos quarterback. >> i think he is an amazing quarterback.

i gotta focus on the defense side of the ball. but he's been doing an amazing job, protecting the football and winning. >> who will have the best career? no word on who will play for new england this weekend. the final week of tom brady's suspension. patriots aren't saying if they'll be healthy enough to go. or maybe i be julian edel moon who was on a conference call with buffalo media when a familiar voice got on the line. >> this is walt from the buffalo news. >> huh? >> are you playing quarterback this week? >> well, i'm gonna whatever the coach is asking me to do. if they ask me to go out and give a glass of water to someone on the

a smile on my face if it helps our team win. you can ask coach that one. >> i will, buddy. >> good try, walt. avs open the preseason last night with one win in minnesota, with a lineup of mostly younger players fighting for roster spots. the avs host dallas. colorado still won't have the six star players that played or are still playing in the world cup of hockey. it will be the first preseason action for m >> we've definitely adjusted a lot of things, as you would expect with a new coach, and is a new style. so yeahy, feeling good, we're working at it. lots of work left to do. our goal is to keep getting better daily. >> and they'll get more and more players back from the world

coaches. [ laughter ] a dog jumps from its kennel, pushes through three door s to escape a shelter. >> for the first time congress overrides one of congress' vetoes.

washington is broken. a blatant case of special interests buying influence in washington. a draft bill by scott tipton was largely written by tipton's biggest campaign contributor. even worse, tipton's plans threaten thousands of recreation industry jobs. gail schwartz will protect colorado's public lands, jobs, and our rural way of life. gail schwartz -- independent leadership for colorado.

two students and a teacher were hit. they were shot in the leg, foot, and shoulder. they're all expected to survive. police have not said why targeting millennial voters today in new hampshire. >> donald trump says clinton is in panic mode with young voters. >> reporter: we are less than six weeks away from the elections so the candidates are zooming into specific groups. and it's no surprise clinton is

our recent poll shows about a third of them under the age of 30 are planning to vote for a third party candidate. she's going after them hard with the help of one of their favorite politicians. sxhoishg bernie sanders presented a -- hillary clinton and bernie sanders presented a united front urging progressives and young voters to cast their ballots for clinton. >> this election is enormously country. it is imperative that we elect hillary clinton as our next president. >> thank you bernie. thank you for your leadership and thank you for your support. >> reporter: sanders won the state by 22 in february's democratic primary. along with university polls last week showed clinton leading donald trump by 9 points in new hampshire. today trump focused his energy on midwestern states