now on cbs4 news at 6:00, one man carrying a machete is dead. after being shot by police on the cu campus in boulder. that was the start of a very chaotic day at the school. thanks for being with us. i'm jim benemann. >> the man was shot and killed at the new champion center on the northwest side of campus. later in the day there was another active shooter scare at the university mia jeff todd joins us live in boulder tonight. were these two things related? >> reporter: no, they were not. the first 911 call came in around nine deck 15, a patient was headed into the new champion center. they got sports medicine offices in their and that's when the verbal altercation with this man carrying a machete started, that men then followed this patient into the building.

machete. multiple officers from campus police and the boulder police department responded. one officer from each of those agencies fired at the man when he allegedly would not obey the command, to drop the weapon. >> at this time the suspect is not known to the police. we are still working on properly identifying him. >> reporter: this afternoon 911 was called again for a man with a gun in front of a starbuck that was the coffee shop on university hill or one inside the university memorial center which is on campus. so that building was put on another active shooter situation. and many people fled in the chaos. in the end, no threats were found. a boulder county joint investigation team is now looking into this officer involved shooting. we do not know the identity of the man who was allegedly carrying that weapon. we're going to have much more coming up on the cbs4 news at

phil distefano did not cancel school today. live in boulder, jeff todd, cbs4 news. >> thank you. the latest on that wildfire southwest of pueblo, the beulah hill fire is now 50% contained. some of the several hundred evacuees were allowed back on this afternoon. officials say a better look at the area puts the acreage burn now at 4800. a little smaller than previously thought. the fire broke ou a popular bagel shop will soon reopen. months after it shut down due to a fire. rosenberg's bagels in denver's five points neighborhood will be reopening on sunday october 16. closed back in may when a fire broke out in the apartment above the shop. firefighters found the body of the young man 29-year-old shane richardson inside. investigators believed the fire was set to cover up his murder. brian -- brian patterson was arrested for the crime.

might remember the town of lyons got a $36 million grant to repair damage from the flood three years ago. andrea flores is in lyons now tonight. the town's mayor says a federal investigation is now underway. >> reporter: that's right, karen. residents here in lyons say they feel like they've been left in the dark. there's a lot of unanswered questions tonight including which federal agency is conducting this and why. residents tell us town administrator victoria simonson and town clerk deb anthony have both been placed on temporary paid administrative leave. last night mayor connie sullivan confirmed federal authorities were granted access to official documents related to flood recovery funds. the town was granted $36 million after severe floods tore through the area three years ago. audit by the department of

comply with fema guidelines when contracting repairs and finished projects. without fema approval. unclear if the investigation is related to those findings while some residents are not surprised to learn about the investigations, others say they didn't see it coming. >> everything that's been done since the flood has been done quite well i think. by the town government and all the other agencies that were involved. it is surprising that they would be any implication of >> reporter: in less than an hour town officials will hold a meeting here at town hall you see behind me where they'll discuss plans for maintaining town operations during the investigation. they also plan to appoint an acting administrator for the town. they also say this meeting is open to the public. it begins at 7:00 at reporting live in lyons, andrea flores,

trevor siemian is going to be our quarterback this weekend. the qb banged up that shoulder against the buccaneers. mark haas joining us now. sounds like we might not know until kickoff. >> reporter: broncos in no rush to tell us or the falcons. trevor siemian used the phrase take it a day at a time like 10 times. gary kubiak said they will take the one day at a time approach all the way up under sunday's game. siemian was in uniform and wearing a helmet but watching practice today has paxton lynch and austin davis throwing. his mindset is that he will start on sunday and could be -- kubiak said it is trevor's job if healthy but even siemian didn't seem sure just how hurt he is saying he has not tested his shoulder yet. the broncos will continue to get paxton lynch ready just in case siemian can't start against the falcons. >> he didn't do anything today. obviously feeling a lot better than he was coming out of the game. a couple good days with greek

>> i've been preparing to play just in case i have to. just because i'm getting all the reps with the ones right now until trevor can come back and practice. so dan and -- day in and day out, trying to make sure i can do whatever i can. >> later in sports, why t.j. ward was unimpressed by julio jones 300-yard performance last week. the broncos defense never lacking in nf saw their xcel energy bill triple in a month. this happened after the utility replaced the meter. dwight hall says his typical $50 bill went -- went up to 144. xcel energy discovered the meter wasn't read properly. so dropped the bill down to 59 bucks. dwight says he doesn't think his bill would have gone down without our story. a family says their backyard is a mess because of a centurylink utility box that

of the story. cbs4's jennifer brice joins us live in aurora. this has been an issue for quite some time now. >> reporter: that's right. the homeowner tells me for two months, take a look at this, they have been trying to get someone to fix the unfinished work here on their property. the box says a centurylink it but until today this homeowner says he couldn't get anyone to claim that this was their work to finish. >> we tried to go it because this is a big hole in the ground. and they said that nobody from centurylink came to this backyard to do that installment. program he and his family are frustrated. they say there's now a big mystery as to who should finish installing this utility box in their backyard. the stickers say centurylink but he says customer service reps have told them they didn't do the work. >> they said nobody that was employed by them came here and

tower. >> reporter: when technicians came here to access the box, they said they would finish the job the next day but never came back. it's now been at least two months and 20 phone calls later for this aurora family. they were exposed underground wires are a safety issue especially with children playing in the backyard. we called centurylink and they say they are looking into the situation. >> centurylink the company either can't keep their own employees or somehow is letting their equipment fall into nonemployees hands and they are doing something with it. >> reporter: now in a statement late today that we received around 530 the company says it has been denied access and can't fix that problem but they say they will complete that work very soon. live in aurora, jennifer brice, cbs4 news. a soldier thought his dog

when he got home the dog had been adopted out. we are going to tell you about the fight to get ace back. the generous donation to a canine that's working in summit county. you also see moisture streaming into the state even a few lightning strikes. we will see much cooler weather.

happening now a soldier at fort carson desperately trying to get his dog back. it was given away while he was off training. steve munoz left his german shepherd with a munoz was out at fort irwin in california. he had limited communication while there. didn't know ace has escaped out of the dog sitter's yard. >> some woman saw him, he had a collar and brought him in. and reported it to the military police. >> a kennel in fountain has a contract with fort carson to take in found animals. the dog sitter tried to get ace back explaining the dogs owner was at training but since she didn't have ownership documents, and munoz couldn't

after five days per policy. fort carson is now trying to contact ace's new owner to see if they'll return the dog to munoz. a summit county canine will be better protected while on duty. he now has a protective vest thanks to a generous donation. mountain newsroom reporter matt kroschel explains why this vest is so important. >> reporter: the bond between handler and canine is strong. >> he does it all. we've been together since 2015. >> reporter: danny is viewed not just as a dog >> his job is to be on the front line for us -- >> reporter: but as a fellow officer. >> very valuable resource now not only to the sheriff's office but to the communities that surround summit county as well. >> reporter: danny is now wearing a new bullet and stabbed protective vest thanks to a donation from a nonprofit. >> the canines that protect us also to the same protection that we get. >> reporter: canine danny's best is embroidered with a

department sometimes to acquire. because they are so much. and it helps when there's a group out there that cares so much that have never even met danny. and they are willing to donate. >> reporter: vested interest is providing vests for canines across the country. >> run about $2500. and they are good for about five years. the ballistic paneling in them. >> reporter: estimated to be 30,000 law enforcement canines throughout the united states. many of them don't wear vests. >> it gives me that peace of mind knowing that it's one thing i can kind of check off when we go on a deployment. >> reporter: matt kroschel, cbs4 mountain newsroom. for more information on how you can help the nonprofit provide even more vests, visit our website, cbsdenver.com. we went behind the scenes to check out the science of the circus with ringling bros. barnum & bailey.

the action. this was over at the denver coliseum. performers taught the kids about balance, gravity, momentum and friction. things these clowns know a lot about. >> i feel like science leaves enough left to the imagination that it is so open to inquiry and improvement that a circus and science go hand-in-hand. >> this event was part of world space week. you can watch the out of the world circus coming up through sunday, tickets run >> of it. so the bottom falls out a little bit tomorrow. >> yeah. after we had pretty nice weather we do have nice weather on the horizon but things are going to change. we've got a little snow and rain off to the west. we've had a controlled burn out at the rocky mountain arsenal. if you smell something that smells like a wildfire, it's that controlled burn. hurricane matthew, winds at 120 moving northwest at 12. over the eastern end of cuba, it lost strength but now in

and then brush by the coast. it will be here saturday, some models have a turning back around, some have it going up the coast. so we are watching this one as it doesn't know what it wants to do. here is the front that went through last week and give us chillier temperatures. we have a big surge of cold air that's going to change our weather once again. let's go to meteorologist lauren whitney in the colorado weather center. the change coming our way. >> like you just said we do have that front that moved that was our first surge of cold air. our second one is coming in later on tonight. and then it will head towards eastern plains tomorrow late morning early afternoon. with that we get another cooldown about 10 to 15 degrees cooler than today. we were a little cool today so it feels nice -- will get the secondary surge of cool air. some of our mountain areas could pick up snow as well. we may get rain here in the denver area. maybe a mix in some spots and

but the snow level could drop down to about 7500 feet. if you have travel plans, we had some snarls earlier from snow moving through. tells about the advisory we have out there. >> take a look at this. winter weather advisory 9:00 p.m. till noon on thursday. again for portions of the northern and central mountains mainly about 8000 feet. three to six inches of snow could fall out there. look to the west and you'll see a lot more white on the mountains tomorrow. take a look at the hour by hour, you can see that snow up at the higher elevations and yb about 4:00 a.m., especially over jefferson county. otherwise it could be rain. some scattered showers, 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, might see some showers and very close off to the west. some snow and scattered showers push through as the day goes on. watch how quickly the skies clear. very driver friday, right on into saturday morning, start of a terrific weekend. we are going to warm it up in the five-day forecast.

70 and 41 normal. 62 and 63 right now. just 17% humidity. you can see some leaves started to change in prospect park in wheat ridge. limon, they say the goal is not only in the mountains. look how pretty it is in limon. nina bowling, this is waterton canyon a very pretty shot on a nice day. michael smith, big dry creek open space in westminster, big holesn going to be cooler tomorrow and with those we are going to see maybe a couple scattered showers around here. we'll see 30s and 40s, 20s in the higher elevations, 30s and 40s out west. tomorrow you'll notice the difference, 40s, 50s, maybe a 70 southeast. 40s and 50s for the mountains. 40s, 50s low 60s to the west. here is your denver forecast. we continue to see increasing clouds scattered showers, 38 and 39. tomorrow scattered showers will be in the mid-50s but for the

66 by friday and then right into the 70s for your weekend and columbus day, with dry sunny conditions. >> we rebound fantastically. thank you. it's kind of been and oh by the way we did have a guy accidentally shoot himself in the off-season. remarkable how little is being said about that. >> it has resurfaced. the police have wrapped up their investigation but nothing has changed in terms of his status for now. brock is not saying much about aqib talib. also not saying who will start at quarterback.

when i was one year old, i was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer on my spinal chord. but i spent my whole life fighting back. so you can imagine what i thought when i saw donald trump say... "i don't know what i said, ah, i don't remember!" "that reporter he is talking about suffers from a chronic condition that impairs movement of his arms." i don't want a president who makes fun of me. i want a president who inspires me, and that's not donald trump.

to me it makes sense for paxton lynch to start this week. not worth risking further injury to trevor siemian. but as michael spencer reports broncos making it clear even if siemian doesn't play, he is still this season's starter. >> reporter: the denver broncos made a statement about their situation on wednesday not by what they said but by what they did. this podium here is reserved for key players. when trevor siemian met with

here. a clear statement he is still the number 1 guy. trevor siemian did a lot of standing and not much else at practice. paxton lynch took the reps with the ones and after their workout the broncos did their best to downplay trevor's injury. >> i feel better than yesterday. haven't tried to do too much. so hopefully i can continue to get better. >> it's what we do today, the other guy needed all the reps. trevor didn't need those reps. we'll get him another day of rest and see how much we can get done tomorrow. i think it was pretty much the plan. >> reporter: we won't know until later in the week whether or not trevor is healthy enough to play. but whether it is siemian or paxton lynch, the rest of the broncos offense does not seem to care. >> it's about chemistry. that's what it's about. we got a great defense. we got offensive players and so whoever they go with, we still

and win ball games. i think we're capable of doing that. >> we are confident in paxton and austin. trevor is ready to go. but we are confident with anybody back there. it takes 10 guys to make this job easier and we have to do our job. >> reporter: both said trevor could play on sunday even without practicing and gary said as far as the timeline he could wait up until sunday in order to make a decision as to who will be the starting quarterback. mark? >> thank you, michael. must have been a tough call for energy player of the week. ma yards receiving. nfl went with jones just at the sixth receiver to reach the 300 level. not everybody blown away by the falcons big day. spot not as impressive as it sounds. it was a lot of broken coverages. guys left wide open. they still did a good job finding him. but it wasn't the game that i thought it was. after watching it. >> all right. poll question, how many yards

please vote at cbsdenver.com. aqib talib refused to answer questions today about reports dallas police have concluded he shot himself back in june but they won't press charges. gary kubiak said he has not heard anything new from the nfl. as far as he's concerned nothing has changed. look is back at patriots practice. tom brady set to return after sitting out the four game suspension. don't expect the media as the patriots don't have to add him to the active roster until saturday. so he's not obligated to speak with reporters. i'm sure that bill belichick had plenty to say about having tom back. >> right now our focus is on cleveland. trying to get ready to go to cleveland. we can't do anything about whatever it was or wasn't the last four weeks. we're into the cleveland week and that's all our focus is. not worried about last week. not worried about next week. not worried about last year. worried about this week against cleveland. that's it.

we are focused on cleveland this week. period. cleveland. >> not sure who the patriots are playing this week. >> period. >> i think cleveland. >> cleveland knows who they are playing this week. homeowners in south carolina boarding up windows and starting to evacuate already. as hurricane matthew makes a beeline for florida.

at least a half million people along the east coast are being sold to evacuate right eastbound lanes of one interstate in charleston. so the only traffic is westbound. away from the coast. right now want to give you a look at that hurricane from space. massive at least 16 deaths in the caribbean, already blamed on this huge storm. meteorologist lauren whitney is tracking the hurricane from colorado's weather center. where is it right now?

bahamas as it moves to parts of cuba it lost steam and bounced down to category three. as it moves through warmer waters is dissipated to ramp up a bit and go back to category four. we're watching the track of this and it could get very, very close to the coast even if it doesn't make landfall the eastern side of florida could see some pretty devastating rain, severe storms and also the wind could be nasty because the wind extends 160 miles from the eye so even if it doesn't make landfall the winds and storm surge could still quote -- cause quite a bit of damage. impact into florida to night through friday morning making its way up to parts of south carolina by saturday. south carolina is prepping as well but the whole area is really going to see even if it doesn't make landfall quite a bit of activity so the path is still a little bit uncertain as it is making its way through the bahamas. along the east coast and up towards the carolinas. again flooding is going to be a huge concern and also a lot of damage to the coast. airlines are already canceling flights to florida. cbs4's don champion is live now