on the man with the machete at the champion center near folsom field. kelly werthmann live on campus tonight. police just give us an update. >> reporter: we learned that that suspect was threatening a patient inside the champion center. this all escalated very quickly into the stairways of the building. that's where campus police as well as boulder police urged that man to drop his weapon. when he didn't, they shot him to death. >> i was kind of scared. >> reporter: just about 9:15 when police got the call. a man with a machete roaming the parking lot near folsom field. >> i'm shocked. actually it's very dangerous for the students out there. it's morning time and all students are off to their classes. >> reporter: campus police sent a text to students and staff warning them of the situation. >> i work in the library. we were like, that's so weird.

>> reporter: university as well as boulder police say they repeatedly asked the man to drop his weapon. when he didn't, an officer fatally shot the suspects. no one else was hurt. >> given the weapon that the suspect was armed with, given the statements already made to our initial victim, and given the nature of how he was maneuvering through the champion center, we believe that it was in the best in >> reporter: just a couple hours after police sent the all clear text, another harmer incident was reported at the umc building on the west side of campus. >> police were coming into the building with guns drawn. and shortly after that we got a tweet that said it seemed like it was a hoax. >> reporter: police in this afternoon briefing told us that incident at the umc was all due to a false report.

remain closed tonight. as for the officers involved in the shooting this morning, they have both been put on administrative leave which is part of protocol for both departments and the identities of the patient as well as that machete wielding suspect have yet to be released. live on the cu campus, kelly werthmann, cbs4 news. by the way we have posted this afternoon's entire news conference from police at cbsdenver.com. here is the latest in the wildfire burning in pueblo county. than previously thought. firefighters are shifting their efforts to setting up fire containment lines. the fire burned eight homes, hundreds of residents have been evacuated. some were allowed to return home this afternoon. this investigation continues into what sparked the flames. a lot of calls about the smoke from a fire near dia. this was the second day of a controlled burn at wildlife refuge. now to new details after

garage in colorado springs. police have issued an arrest warrant for the owners of the funeral company that picked up the body last month. craig brown and jay timothy brown face charges of abusing a corpse and criminal trespass. we just learned that jay timothy brown is now in custody. one woman spoke to the cbs affiliate in colorado springs. he said they stored the body in the garage because they had not received payment for cremation. >> being that we hadn't received payment and had a hard time due to the con the body, we had a hard time storing it. >> officers found the decomposing body inside of a body bag last week. after neighbors reported terrible smell coming from the garage. update now any story we've been reporting on for six years. in october of 2010 timothy elbow was seriously injured and left in a coma by a hit and run driver near coors field. his recovery has been remarkable. the accident was at 20th and

he's back now with a very welcome update. tom? >> reporter: it really is. back in october, tim elbow was washing across this intersection when he was struck by the hit-and-run driver. tim was not expected to survive. i've gotten to know tim and his incredible family. we're happy to report his recovery has been nothing short of a miracle. tim alba has come a long way. >> a good boy! >> reporter: the 32-yea canine rehab and conditioning group in broomfield. helping with everything from maintenance to swimming and conditioning. tim's job is the icing on the cake after a miraculous recovery from a life-changing accident six years ago. >> i got ran over. i came back bigger and stronger. >> reporter: in october of 2010, he was walking near coors field when a car struck him and took off. he was in a coma for 13 days.

>> i like riding my new bike. >> reporter: the changes remarkable. countless hours of rehab later, the new tim alba speaks confidently, has put on 60 pounds and still has a sense of humor. >> oh, man. >> reporter: you are getting strong, buddy. >> i don't stop, dude. >> reporter: that drive helped him land his dream job. >> i used to go to the puppy store when i was having a bad day. and it would make my day better. now it's like i've got work. it's the best thing in the world to do this. >> reporter: in june carry ball interviews tim, saw his potential, took a chance and hired him. >> there's nothing more rewarding than watching somebody get their life back. >> reporter: now healthy and happy, he's driving himself into a new future, confident and thankful for the countless people who helped him on the road to recovery. >> thank you. it means a lot. look at me now. >> reporter: look at him now.

mann dragon was sentenced to six months of work release. he served less than 100 days. now, tim tells me he's forgiven my dragon and this is wishing him the very best. live in denver tonight, tom mustin, cbs4 news. now new development of the case of two teenagers accused of plotting an attack on mountain vista high school in highlands ranch. brooke higgins at a court hearing today. the judge set a court date of october 19 higgins $1 million bond should be lowered. her attorneys are also expected to ask the judge to move the case back to juvenile court. police arrested higgins and sienna johnson last december for an alleged murder plot at their school. both were 16 at the time. and i now charged as adults. >> weather alert along the east coast, the look from space shows how huge hurricane matthew is. this storm is already slamming haiti and cuba. so big that florida's governor saying the state could be

lauren whitney joins us now. >> the national hurricane center has just issued a new track for this big storm. >> it has. we are looking at it right now over the bahamas bring a range of that area. hurricane force winds, down to category three but there's been a lot of lightning around the eye. because of that we can tell is going to intensify. so it could be a category four by the time it gets close to florida. start making its -- that din up along the coast into the carolinas by saturday. we're expecting a lot of rain along the coast, big time storm surge so there's a lot of preparations from the keys up through miami and up into charleston, south carolina. as we are expecting there to be a lot of rain in these areas. not sure if it will make landfall but it could skim the coast and make landfall. there's a little bit of variation. the models are still all over the place. we'll show you a couple of these. this is what we call the spaghetti plot. some of them have it skirting

and there are a couple outliers. again it will cause a lot of damage even if it doesn't make landfall. already airlines are canceling their flights to florida. don champion is live tonight in daytona beach with the evacuation preparations. >> reporter: good evening, lauren. officials up and down this part of the east coast have offered up dire warning after dire warning today as many tourists headed to beaches like this one behind me to soak up some sun for one final day. for the worst. >> people on the east coast are being warned hurricane matthew could be devastating. >> the screens around the porches. so we'll be prepared for it. >> reporter: florida's governor issued mandatory evacuations for barrier islands. >> if matthew directly impacts florida there will be massive destruction that we haven't seen in years. >> reporter: drivers waited in lines to fill up at gas stations while supplies flew off shelves.

this family is cutting their vacation short and heading back to canada. >> i think we should get out just in case it is a category four. but everyone's telling us yes, we should start heading home. >> reporter: matthew is being called the strongest storm to threaten this region in more than a decade. some places could also see 10 inches of rain. in south carolina, interstate 26 was packed with drivers racing to get out of the storm's path. this weekend it could hit as a category two or three storm. >> our goal is to make sure that no lives are lost. that people get moved out safely and that they get moved back safely. >> reporter: federal emergency officials repositioned supplies to respond to the disaster. and moving forward, one big concern remains long-duration power outages.

million people along this part of the east coast could lose service over the course of the next few days. one reason for that is the fact that new weather models are showing that hurricane conditions could reach further inland now even in places like orlando, karen, it's going to be a very dangerous and long few days here. >> right. thank you. tracking our own chances for showers and cooler temperatures ahead. >> that's right. rain and snow, a few lightning strikes but here comes the cooler weather and that's going to have another surge that's going to do we get rain or snow? i'll let you know coming up. a former marine who lost limbs in an explosion has a successful double arm transplant. what he's looking forward to doing now. what a new cycling and suds have to do with a health screening for men? i'll explain coming up. no practice for trevor

at 5:14 following breaking news. a stretch of i-70 east of denver shut down because of a deadly accident. this is out near watkins. the westbound lanes are now closed. a woman walking along the interstate was hit by a truck. we're trying to find out if she got out of her car or was just wondering along the roadside. if you're headed out, once again avoid westbound i 70 east of denver. a story of bravery involving a more -- a former u.s. marine learned to live with two new arms. sergeant john peck lost all four limbs in an explosion. he underwent a 14 hour long surgery to get two new arms in boston over the summer. it was successful but painful. >> there was one night in the

i was in a lot of pain even through all the meds i was on. i contemplated calling the doctor and being like, i can't handle this pain right now. you got to take these arms off me. >> he is glad that he can now hold his fiancee's hand. he says he's determined to become a chef and open a restaurant one day. i'm sure that he will. >> marines can do it all. some call beer a universal language. this week in denver it's hoped men will answer the call to convince them to get screened for prostate cancer. cbs health specialist kathy walsh here -- i'm all in, kathy. >> you understand this. it's sort of like if you pour it, they will come. that's evident from denver's are great american beer festival. now the hope is the love of beer will get stubborn men to have their blood tested. >> reporter: the beer liner is parked at 14th and stout. setup is underway to spread the

of suds, the beer folks are hoping to tap into a reluctant population. >> men are extremely reluctant when it comes to their health. they don't discuss it. they usually would almost hide from it. >> reporter: brew pub owner davis tucker started the 1400 miles journey from austin to denver. the bikes and beer brigade stops along the way men about prostate cancer. >> we have some guys who are survivors that come out and talk and that's wonderful because you get first-hand knowledge from guys who have been through it. >> reporter: the crew hits the mile high city in time for the wildly popular great american beer festival. for ten dollars they will poor you beer and they'll be prodding meant to get a free blood draw to find their prostate specific antigen or psa. psa is controversial. >> it is. there have been -- information that is not always accurate and that's true. but the best thing is it's an

you definitely need to be paying attention to it. >> reporter: lab results come in the mail in two weeks. men will be encouraged to take them to their primary care physician. tucker wants to reach 1400 men. he is hoping the laura pops will get them thinking about their health. the free blood test for men will be available at 14th and stout tomorrow, thursday, from 12:00 until 5:00 and saturday from 10 to two. >> i have a feeling it will be packed. >> we'll hop on over. time to check with ed greene. >> okay. there we go. doppler 4000, you can see the rain and snow, you see cloudy skies in the city, a lot of people have been seeing they smell smoke and it looks a little smoky. what is the deal? they've got a controlled burn at rocky mountain arsenal. sweeping all that right on into denver. so you could smell what smells like a wildfire. here is the cooler air coming our way. rain and snow behind you. into canada moving down into montana, cold front into a

that's keeping them in good shape as you see. west here, we have all this change coming our way and chillier temperatures to boot. here is the hurricane, 120 mile- per-hour winds. it weakened over the tip of land will now northwest at 12 miles an hour. it will brush by the coast. some models have it turning around almost into the gulf. so we're watching this one very carefully. take a look talking hurricanes there, winter weather advisory for us t p.m. till noon on thursday, three to six inches could fall. hour by hour forecast, into motion, here is that's no. 3:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, now you see the snow in jefferson county maybe douglas county and some of that moisture just about to push into denver, maybe we get a couple scattered showers overnight. at 9:00 a.m. look at how heavy the rain is over northeastern colorado. now watch during the day, just scattered showers push across. not a washout as we said yesterday, just scattered showers is all we will see.

that means we've got a great and mild weekend ahead. 66 and 64 the best we could do after starts of 34 and 38. 70 and 41 normal, 86 and 20 the records for today. from weather watchers, dillon 51, franktown 63, 64 in arvada, highlands ranch 66. everybody below normal. 63 both denver and dia, northeast wind at 12. 17% humidity. nice shot from jim one from karen mather, links pass near oak creek. look at this, justin schaffer even though they've got blue skies cold enough that the snow guns are really working and look at the snow heading up. temperatures tonight mostly 30s 40s over eastern plains. 20s and 30s for the high country. and then tomorrow notice chillier, 40s, 50s 60s maybe 70 over the southeast. 40s and 50s for the high country, 40s, 50s low 60 southwest. here is that denver forecast.

cloudy skies, scattered showers 38 and 30 and overnight lows, tomorrow scattered showers, we'll see 56 and 54, but then jump into the 60s on friday with plenty of sunshine and look at your weekend into columbus day, low to mid-70s and sunny skies. >> gorgeous. trevor siemian did not ,, ,, in colorado, we stand together, but congressman coffman stands with donald trump

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last year when peyton manning was hurt gary kubiak was announced brock osweiler at the beginning of the week. not the case with this year's quarterback situation. trevor siemian was just a spectator at practice. he wore his helmet and uniform but did not throw. he just watched as paxton lynch and austin davis did all the work. but that does not mean he will not play sunday. gary kubiak says trevor doesn't have to practice to play and he could take his decision all the way up till sunday. >> it's what we do the other guy needed all the reps. trevor didn't need those reps. we'll get him another day of rest. see where he's at tomorrow and how much we can get done tomorrow. i think it was pretty much the plan. i expected him not to practice today. >> i trust the coaches. they'll give us ready to play, including me. i'll be ready to go to get there. >> when the season started i don't think many people circled the falcons as a big game but

in the nfl. first in total yards, first in scoring points. they just put up huge numbers against the panthers. matt ryan 500 yards. julio jones 300 yards receiving. >> if i had a game like julio jones, i wouldn't be up on this podium. i'd probably retire. my last touchdown, i just did this. that would have been the last time y'all saw me. that was awesome, man. kudos to him. kudos to the falcons offense. we definitely got our hands go out there and prove ourselves and put another performance on film. doesn't matter who we get week to week. we want to do our best. so it doesn't matter who's coming in here. >> hockey. past two seasons the absence struggled in the preseason. then got off to a slow start in the regular season. this year 4-0 in the preseason looking to make it 5-0 in dallas. the new look warriors

first game. clay thompson had 30. the warriors lead the clippers by 51 after three quarters. they cruised to a 120-75 win.

chilly tomorrow, a few scattered showers and then everything just fine into the weekend. 60s and 70s and stay dry. >> make your weekend plans. thanks. why a canine is getting body armor.

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