“We can’t turn a blind eye”: New Denver court program for teens caught with guns aims to mitigate cycle of youth violence

Prosecutors have filed more juvenile gun possession cases so far this year than in all of 2016

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Gionna Flores, left, is hugged by Keilah Collins during the Enough is Enough rally to call attention to youth violence in Denver outside of Montbello High School on Friday, July 17, 2020. They were mourning the loss of Davarie Armstrong and many others in the community who have lost their lives to youth violence.
By Elise Schmelzer | eschmelzer@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
July 26, 2021 at 6:00 a.m.

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Elise Schmelzer

Elise Schmelzer is the public safety reporter at The Denver Post and covers police, crime and criminal justice. She previously wrote for the Casper Star-Tribune in Wyoming, the Washington Post and the Colorado Springs Gazette. She studied journalism and Spanish literature at the University of Missouri. When she's not writing, she disappears into the mountains to hike and fish.