A 23-year-old woman was charged Thursday with more than 50 felonies, including five counts of attempted murder, in connection to last Saturday’s shooting at Main Event in Highlands Ranch, according to court documents.
Court records show that Nevaeha Crowley-Sanders, 23, faces 104 charges in total, including:
- One count of attempted first-degree murder after deliberation, a second-degree felony;
- Four counts of attempted first-degree murder with extreme indifference, second-degree felony;
- 47 counts of felony menacing with a weapon, a fifth-degree felony;
- One count of first-degree assault with a deadly weapon causing serious bodily injury, a third-degree felony;
- One count of criminal mischief for causing damage between $2,000 and $5,000 in value, a sixth-degree felony;
- One count of carrying a concealed weapon, a first-degree misdemeanor;
- Two counts of unlawful weapon use, a first-degree misdemeanor;
- And 47 counts of reckless endangerment, a second-degree misdemeanor.
Douglas County sheriff’s officials said the Saturday night shooting inside the Highlands Ranch arcade started as a fight in the bathroom between Crowley-Sanders and a friend she had known since high school.
What caused the fight and whether it spilled out of the bathroom into the open arcade is still unknown, but sheriff’s officials said Crowley-Sanders pulled out a semi-automatic handgun and shot at the 22-year-old victim, her friend, eight times.
The victim was injured in her left heel, right leg and upper rib cage near her armpit, sheriff’s officials said.
Minutes after the first shooting, just before midnight on Saturday, another man was shot and killed by a Douglas County sheriff’s deputy in the parking lot outside of Main Event.
Douglas County Sheriff Darren Weekly said on Sunday the man was armed and ignored multiple commands from the deputy to drop the weapon.
Weekley said the man, who has not been publicly identified, was shot when he turned toward the deputy without dropping his gun, but it’s not clear if he pointed the gun at the deputy.
Sheriff’s officials previously said they believed the man was connected to the shooting inside Main Event and on Wednesday said they had figured out the connection but weren’t ready to release the information.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
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