. a major revelation this afternoon involving the death of a denver inmate. the coroner's office has ruled michael marshall died because of the way he was restrained by jail deputies. his family called it another cover-up by the sheriff's office. 9 wants to know investigative reporter jeremy jojola is here. for now, there is no determination of criminal wrongdoing here. >> reporter: that's right, christine. today, the autopsy report came out and it is using the word homicide. it is a legal term in this case that does not mean criminal wrongdoing. it means marshall died because of the actions of others. however, his family believes the sheriff's department here is criminally negligent. michael marshall was arrested on a minor trespassing charge in november. he was a man who lived with mental illness and addiction issues. the medical examiner's report

deputies then restrained him in a prone position. a spit mask was then placed on his face, a mask designed to protect deputies from saliva. while he was on the ground, belly-down, marshall began to vomit and suffocate. he had a heart attack. he then died at the hospital more than a week later. the medical examiner says the way he was restrained led to his death. his heart disease was also a factor, according to the report. now, there is video of this incident, but that video has not been released yet. his family and several pastors call it a murder and the cover- up by the sheriff's department. i asked the new sheriff for his opinion on this. here's what he had to say. >> i would prefer not to. although i've seen the video, i haven't seen any of the testimony or read any of the reports from the investigation. so rather than make judgments based on one piece of evidence, i would rather hold comment

>> my uncle was a beautiful person. he had an amazing spirit, willing to help and do for any and everybody. more than anything, i come to you all asking for justice, begging for justice, begging, pleading, begging for justice, asking the mayor, asking the city attorney, asking the police department to please show us the evidence. >> reporter: now, the six deputies involved in this incident are placed on restrictive employment. that means they are not allowed to have any contact with inmates at the jail, but they are still on the job. in the meantime, it is the denver police department and the denver district attorney's office reviewing the case, but the family feels a special prosecutor should be looking at this one. >> jeremy, i imagine the review of this case won't be quick. do we know a time line as to the next steps, what we'll learn here?

robert white said they were 70% done with reviewing this case. they were still waiting on more information. the autopsy report is still a crucial report. the da's office said they are reviewing it, so who knows when. >> jeremy, thanks. more denver police officers will get the department's new body cameras and the training to go with them. some officers began using those cameras on duty today. the police department just received 800 mew cameras. patrol officers in the downtown denver area go up for the new training first. the gang unit and traffic unit there. the cameras are attached to a special pair of glasses that the officer wears. officers are supposed to activate the cameras in several situations, including anything involving weapons, traffic stops and foot chases. all 800 cameras should be in use by the end of this year. the program comes after a smaller pilot program in 2014. with a few inches of snow on the ground in the city of evans today, military humvees made the rounds.

emergency, it wasn't. it was a drill of what would happen if those few inches of snow were actually several feet. here's 9news reporter steve staeger. >> reporter: imagine for a second that these are not just cones, that they are people, about 175 people stranded here at the library in evans during a big blizzard. the national guard is on their way. they are going to evacuate all of these people to another shelter. this group of national guard soldiers is on a mission, the scenario? several feet of snow fell overnight in evans. people, or for the purposes of this exercise, cones, immediate to get from point a to point b. the national guard has the vehicles to do it. since blizzards are a possible natural disaster here, it makes there is an added benefit. >> a lot of these guys have been a part of the fires and the floods. this is how we build up relationships with local departments, with sheriff, with the police, with the fire

other. whenever the real deal does hit, we're ready to go. we know our role and we can assist. >> reporter: the commander says usually when they do this drill, there's no snow on the ground, so it helped to see a fresh few inches on the ground, putting them in the right mindset if there were really a blizzard. steve staeger, 9news. >> something to think about next time we actually do have a situation. this drill was part of a statewide effort, by the way, with similar events in the springs and alamosa. it will continue tomorrow in parts of el paso county. united airlines, one of denver's top carriers, faces $2.7 million in fines from the federal government. the penalties are for violating consumer rules that protect tarmac delays. the number of complaints regarding united was up significantly in 2014. with disabilities did not get prompt service getting on and

cases, united damaged or delayed or returned wheelchairs and other devices. united is being fined for several incidents of passengers sitting on the tarmac during long delays. all week long, we've been taking a look at the new fancy gadgets in tech coming out of the consumer electronics show in las vegas. noel brennan spent hours exploring the 2.4 million square feet of exhibit space. didn't make it to all of them. he joins us live from the las vegas convention center. what's the coolest thing you've seen this week, noel? >> reporter: i've seen so many cool things, brandon. i talked about the irby last hour. a lot of cool drones everywhere here at ces. behind me, that's the massive las vegas convention center. brandon mentioned that 2.4 million square feet, this is only part of it.

las vegas strip in many hotels in vegas as well. 150,000-plus people expected at ces this year. quickly, i want to go through a few trends we've noticed. tv, ces is always a tv show, especially this year. we're seeing 4k o-led tvs, remarkable tvss. panasonic came out with the first. already selling in europe, it's coming statewide. a 65-inch curved o-led tv for $65,000. if you can afford it, you'll get one of the best made tvs. that's what our friends at review.com are saying. also cars. this is almost like an auto show as well. the chevy bolt, the 2017 chevy bolt, a brand-new car, all- electric car that can travel up to 200 miles on a single charge. brandon, lastly, i showed this off earlier, our friends at

this is one of them. they look like headphones. i'm going to put them on, show them off for you. fancy headphones, because they face. you've got a 65-inch tv, what looks like a 65-inch tv in it's absolutely remarkable. this thing can be used for flying drones. you can see what your drone is seeing as you're flying it or you can watch tv and movies, anything that's connected to your phone. this is the kind of stuff, ces. talking to you. all right. put a little paint job on that. trek. noel brennan in las vegas, thanks so much. >> lucky guy. that's a good gig. speaking of being lucky, feeling lucky? what a local lawyer says we should do before joining an office pool lottery purchase.

. bigger than ever, unchartered territory. the powerball jackpot, now an estimated $800 million and still growing. like so many others, i'm in the office pool. on those very, very long odds that we might actually win, if you do an office pool, the best practice is to have a written agreement that states who is in the pool so you don't have disagreement if the group wins, or at least you have something to point to. as for your chances, well, one in 292 million.

people play the lottery here in colorado. >> 70% of the folks like to play a quick pick. just walk into the store, ask your clerk, give me a quick pick. 30% like to play their own numbers. they might be superstitious. might have an anniversary date or a child's birthday or a mother's birthday, and they play those numbers every single day without fail or every time they play. so really just depends on if you're feeling lucky and what kind of numbers you want to play. >> next drawing is coming up tomorrow night. colorado vendors are going to stop selling the powerball tickets for that drawing at 7:30 in the evening. fitbit found itself the target of a class action lawsuit over the heart rate tracking on its wrist band models, two of them. a group of customers claim the heart monitor on the fitbit charge hr and surge do not and cannot accurately measure heart rate, as advertised, especially during intense exercise. one woman says her actual

nearly twice as high as her fitbit was telling her. fitbit says it stands by its technology and warns the wrist bands are not intended to be medical devices. if you still have your dried up old christmas tree sitting in your living room, you're not alone. a lot of folks in the town of crested butte had their trees until a few nights ago. cheryl preheim shows us why they railroad hanging on to them until the 12th day of christmas. >> it can get cold here, but it's a dry cold so it's not bad. >> reporter: there are a lot of ways to stay warm in crested butte. when the air feels a little bit frozen, a hot cup of coffee might do the trick, maybe one of those big puffy coats would help. >> thank you. >> reporter: or how about just getting some vigorous exercise? but of all the different ways to warm up when the temperatures dip down -- >> snowing right now! >> reporter: -- there's one way dave ox puts above all others.

call 12th night. we are 12 days after christmas. this is the leftover remnants of crested butte christmas time. >> reporter: it's those discarded trees. >> your blue spruce, douglas fir. >> reporter: dave and the rest of the town will light them one last time. >> future pyros here! it's a little scary. everybody is versed in camp fires, so here's another reason to throw another one on the fire. >> reporter: 12th night is a new tradition here, one that started just four years back. >> we're surrounded by snow. i don't want to say nothing can go wrong, but in many ways, nothing can go wrong, you know? >> we're from louisiana. we just -- we don't have anything like this, so it is mesmerizing. >> it's a pretty unique sound. >> a little like bacon cooking.

>> reporter: so of course they do this because it's fun. >> pretty great. >> reporter: but it has more meaning than that. >> go for it. throw it on there! >> the whole community out here, having fun, pretty great. >> been a lot of places, but this is home. >> reporter: this community is a team coming together to say good-bye to another holiday season, because for dave and everyone here, no one here could feel quite as warm as a forest full of christmas trees all aglow. with photographer anne hurst, cheryl preheim, 9news. . >> though the flames climbed upwards of 50 feet at times, everything stayed relatively under control, even the town's fire inspector came out to pretty cool. >> i thought i saw an ornament on one of the trees as it was being tossed in there. >> probably a broken one or

>> not getting it back, either way. we've got a warming trend heading in eventually. >> just how long we'll have to wait before temperatures actually go above the freezing

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couple light flakes floating around. no more accumulation as the storm system is said and done and pushed into southern colorado, but leaving us with a blanket of white. traffic moving a little slow and we have a good deck of clouds over the area. that's going to be with us overnight. take a look at the snowfall reports coming at us. wellington at 6 inches. on the higher end, 5 1/2 in fort collins. longmont and loveland, 3 1/2. out at d inch a, 2 1/2. i anticipate seeing that number go up a little bit once we get the latest reports. 29 degrees we hit at the airport. however, that came at midnight when temperatures were balmy, guess you could say. throughout most of the day, we've been in the low 20s, chilly. 20s and 30s along the eastern plains this afternoon. numbers in the teens up in the highcountry. at the airport, we're sitting at 21, so we've cooled off already. winds north-northeast, looking for northeasterly winds throughout tomorrow as well. but it is making it feel rather

pleasant of moisture in the atmosphere. that's why we'll see spotty flurries. they are trying to come down, but really not a ton throughout the rest of the evening. one storm system moving out into chicago. our storm system tracking into parts of texas, as well as new mexico, where they have a slew of advisories even into oklahoma. we're just seeing some of that snowfall continuing in southeastern colorado. that's where you'll find the heavier bands. overall, everything is said and done for here around the metro area. you might find a couple of flurries throughout the rest of the evening, the foothills, up to the mountains just a little bit. but overall, everything is going to be a little further to the south. you can see out there toward la junta, toward kim and along the i-25 corridor, pueblo, trinidad, still a little tough over the next couple of hours before the storm finally begins to move a little further east. the stationary front is going to be positioned right over the front range, keeping the cooler air locked in after that cold front moved through overnight. it's going to be a brisk start to the weekend, but a drier one

here's the future cast. 6:00, 7:00, mostly cloudy skies. everything winds down about 11:00 p.m. we'll look for dry conditions statewide overnight. tomorrow morning when you wake up, if you live around denver, across the northeastern plains, might find a little patchy dense fog. other than that, some clearing will happen in the afternoon, but i think we'll hang tight with a few clouds out there and possibly a couple of isolated showers around the highcountry. we do still have a couple advisories going. the winter storm warning will continue for parts of the sangre de cristos, total of 6 to 10. in southeastern colorado, 2 to 6 inches as the advisory winds down tonight about 11:00 p.m. low temperatures, whew, bundle up. it's going to be a cold one. single digits around here. i-25, eastern plains as well, up to the highcountry, similar story, too. 8 tonight. tomorrow, we don't warm up that much. lot of folks staying in the 20s around the heart of the city, up to the foothills, northern colorado as well. folks, tomorrow, 20 degrees below where we should be.

on sunday for the start of next week. then the 40s return to us, but briefly before we're tracking that next storm system possibly for next weekend. >> 48's going to feel like south beach! >> it will feel toasty. we just have to wait. >> a little up, then a little down. appreciate it. a bronco and a buff will be inducted into a hall of fame. >> plus, another honor for broncos linebacker von miller. rod will have those stories and

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but from time to time, individuals tend to take stage, like today. the all-pro team was announced and that's the best player at each position. just one guy. von miller, the only bronco to be honored, which is pretty surprising that the nfl's very best defense only has one representative. i mean, compare that to carolina. the panthers had an nfl-best six. still, good for von. >> it's a great award. i just think it shows the type of defense that we had. you don't get all-pro players on teams, on defenses that are not good. we have a great team. >> that's the highest honor you can get in this business, and, boy, has he played that way. you know, i look -- you look at some of your players. i think we have a few guys that are deserving of that type of honor this year, but you look at von. he hasn't missed a snap. he's just been there all year long. >> i feel like we should have had more players. number one defense, we should have more pro ball players,

we had some guys get votes, but, you know, aqib and brandon marshall, those guys should have got voted. i could go down the list all through the roster and say this guy, this guy. but, you know, the most important is the super bowl and that's what we're here to get. >> more individual stuff in this team game, this time from college football. former bronco marlon briscoe, a quarterback at nebraska omaha is among the 16 members inducted into the college football hall of fame. and former buff, we got one as well. herb or bit, the defensive end was one of the best pass rushers in cu history, all- american back in 1971. the 69-year-old is the eighth buff to be enshrined. the avs and nuggets both in hockey at home against nashville. nuggets on the road hooping it up in memphis. hoops. actually, not finishing, but moving to that. taylor joins us live from

to be special, taylor. >> reporter: yes, rod. coach ken nivens is celebrating 30 years in coaching. we're grateful you're talking to us. thank you so much. >> thank you. i appreciate what you're doing for my daughter. [ laughter ] >> reporter: let's talk. the last three decades, what is it that's been so rewarding for you as a head coach? what keeps you coming back? >> you know, when i think about getting into coaching, i played football, basketball and track all through high school and college, and i really wanted to fulfill that competitive spirit and that did that for me. and then all the people and all the lives we touch and all the people who touch your lives, it's just amazing. >> reporter: let's talk about retirement. we chatted earlier this week. you said not quite sure yet what's to come after this. >> well, i'm done head coaching, but i'll probably coach. i thought about possibly going back and coaching football because i did that for 15 years and later on in the segment i

worked with. but i'm not done coaching. i'm done head coaching most likely. >> reporter: coach, lastly, you hit a huge milestone for colorado basketball coaches, over 500 wins. did you ever think you would hit that? >> heck no. no, i reflect and i think, you know, what an amazing run it's been in my life. the assistant coaches, my colleagues. interesting story, three coaches that i started coaching with are in the hall of fame. one's going in this spring. >> reporter: actually, we're going to talk to them a little later. >> you'll talk to manny, yeah.