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Celeste Springer

WASHINGTON (KRDO) — The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed federal charges against Mohammed Sabry Soliman, the 45-year-old man accused of setting people on fire in Boulder on Sunday.

The FBI called it a targeted terror attack, as he allegedly threw Molotov cocktails at people gathered for a demonstration in support of the Israeli hostages. Soliman’s criminal complaint alleges he yelled “Free Palestine” during the attack.

The DOJ is seeking federal hate crime charges, according to court records.

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“(Soliman) stated that he wanted to kill all Zionist people and wished they were all dead,” the criminal complaint read. “Soliman stated he would do it (conduct an attack) again.”

According to the complaint, Soliman had allegedly been planning the attack for a year and waited until his daughter graduated to carry it out.

“The Department of Justice has swiftly charged the illegal alien perpetrator of this heinous attack with a federal hate crime and will hold him accountable to the fullest extent of the law. Our prayers are with the victims and our Jewish community across the world,” read a statement from Attorney General Pamela Bondi. “This vile anti-Semitic violence comes just weeks after the horrific murder of two young Jewish Americans in Washington DC. We will never tolerate this kind of hatred. We refuse to accept a world in which Jewish Americans are targeted for who they are and what they believe.” 

He reportedly traveled from his Colorado Springs home, where he lived with his wife and five kids, to Boulder.

Editor’s note: Previous information from the FBI spelled the suspect’s name as “Mohamed.” The criminal complaint spells his name “Mohammed.” Because a criminal complaint is a legal document, KRDO13 is currently reporting that spelling unless other information comes to light.

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Celeste Springer

EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The Cimarron Hills Fire Department (CHFD) says that its crews are responding to a traffic accident south of the Galley Road and North Powers Boulevard intersection.

CHFD says traffic is blocked on Galley Road as of 9:59 a.m.

The fire department asks that people avoid the area or use caution.

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Bradley Davis

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – A family in the Cimarron Hills area of Colorado Springs said they recognized the man arrested in Boulder for the attack on Israeli hostage protestors as their neighbor.

A man reportedly set people on fire on Sunday, leaving multiple people hurt as people gathered for a demonstration in support of the Israeli hostages.

The neighbors wanted their names to be anonymous, but the mother said a man living at the apartment complex investigated by the FBI Sunday night introduced himself to her as “Mohammed” when they moved in two years ago. The FBI said their suspect in custody is a man named Mohammed Soliman.

According to Stephen Miller, who is serving as White House deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security advisor, the suspect was living in the country illegally on an overstayed visa. Miller said he was granted a tourist visa under the Biden Administration.

“This is scary. I’m going to be honest, this is scary,” the woman said. “Especially the times that we live in. You see someone’s car pull up, and you don’t know who is who.”

The mother’s young daughter said she went next door to play with the man’s children on a regular basis. She said she was going over to do the same Saturday, a day before the attack, when she said the whole family piled into their SUV in a rush, ignoring her as she walked over to their door.

“My mom asked me if they waved or not, and they didn’t because the dad was driving, and he was rushing,” she said.

“You saw the dad driving on Saturday?” KRDO13’s Bradley Davis asked.

“Yes.”

“Did he look like the picture of the man you saw who got arrested?”

“Yes.”

She also said she saw the dad, introduced to them as Soliman, walking out of the apartment with a large black bag and a yellow long-nosed lighter shortly before leaving.

Both said they heard the FBI investigators when they came to their street on Sunday. The mother said the agents started further up the street and assumed it was about someone she didn’t know until she heard them close in on their neighbor’s home.

“You heard them yell out the address, and that’s when we knew,” she said.

The daughter said she heard a loud banging and believes it was the FBI agents entering the home. Both said they did not see any of the family members during the whole process. They said all the family’s cars are gone from the street and driveway.

The woman said the FBI did not contact them to ask about Soliman or the family. She said they have eaten together, and they always seemed like a normal, neighborly family.

The FBI said it was investigating the home in Cimarron Hills in connection with what the agency is calling a terror attack in Boulder. According to his criminal complaint, he lived there with his wife and five kids.

Law enforcement officials said there are now 8 victims in the attack, where Soliman allegedly used a makeshift flamethrower to burn the Israeli hostage protestors.

Editor’s note: Previous information from the FBI spelled the suspect’s name as “Mohamed.” The criminal complaint spells his name “Mohammed.” Because a criminal complaint is a legal document, KRDO13 is currently reporting that spelling unless other information comes to light.

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Scott Harrison

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The four-laned Banning Lewis Parkway (BLP) now has a shorter and more direct route in and out of the growing, sprawling community of Banning Lewis Ranch (BLR) in the city’s northeastern corner.

At 10:30 a.m. Monday, city officials opened BLP’s connection to Woodmen Road, giving residents an option to using the parkway’s west end at Dublin Boulevard.

The parkway was closed several blocks south between Woodmen and Water Meadow Drive; late last week, crews worked on testing and synchronizing traffic signals at the new intersection.

Officials said that the intersection would be partially open during the weekend, with a full opening on Monday morning.

The timing of the new intersection is convenient for residents as construction gears up on an improvement project along Dublin, west of Marksheffel Road; and on the widening of Marksheffel between Dublin south to Barnes Road.

“As BLR has started and developed particularly in proximity to the Woodmen Road area, the only way to really get in and out of that area previously had been Dublin,” Gayle Sturdivant, the city’s deputy director of public works, explained. “Barnes will (eventually) go from BLP to Marksheffel, so there’ll be a third connection there within about a year.”

BLP currently ends to the south at Stetson Hills Boulevard; Stetson Hills doesn’t connect yet to the parkway at Marksheffel to the west, but it appears it likely will in the future.

Dylan and Laura Perry are preparing to move into a house in BLR, and are excited about the new intersection just around the corner from them.

From where we live, it’ll be just straight shots,” said Dylan. “It’s a great way to avoid all of the construction that’s happening around here.”

The Perrys were married nearly two years ago and have two kids.

“This is a perfect, perfect option for taking the kids to school or going to the grocery store,” Laura said. It’ll be so much easier.”

The new intersection has sidewalks, pedestrian crossings and dedicated lanes for traffic turning onto and from BLP; at least two retention ponds have been built to handle additional stormwater runoff.

Workers have also extended the parkway several blocks north of Woodmen, to the Percheron Pony Drive intersection, where there is room for a possible future extension.

A unique aspect of the new BLP/Woodmen intersection is that it was built not by the city, but by two of BLR’s homebuilders — Oakwood Homes and Norwood Development Group.

The importance of BLP increases as more homes continue to be built in and around BLR.

Sturdivant said that developers east of Marksheffel — including BLR — are responsible for building roads there, in accordance with the city’s master transportation plan.

“They’ll be under city maintenance within a couple of years after the two-year warranty period in the development and they pass our inspection,” she said.

Busier roads like BLP may need maintenance in seven to ten years, Sturdivant added, but neighborhood streets with less traffic may not need maintenance for 15 to 25 years.

The question is will the city’s limited street maintenance budget be enough to perform necessary maintenance as roads from new development east of Marksheffel are added; the city’s falling behind in maintenance during past administrations led to voters approving and twice extending the 2C sales tax increase for extra street repaving.

“As our city grows, we would hope that our sales tax base grows in the proportionate amount to really help maintain the additional assets we take on,” Sturdivant said. “But, it is something we always are concerned about — making sure we have the necessary resources. Whether it be personnel, whether it be money to be able to address our infrastructure maintenance needs as growth happens.”

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Michael Logerwell

CAÑON CITY, Colo. (KRDO) – One motorcyclist is dead, and CO115 is shut down while Colorado State Patrol investigates a fatal crash.

A spokesperson for the Colorado State Patrol tells KRDO13 that the call about a crash in the northbound lanes of CO115 at mile marker 6 first came in just before noon.

There’s no word on how many vehicles were involved, but the State Patrol says at least one motorcycle was involved, and the driver died at the scene of the crash.

The highway is still closed. Drivers in the area should check COTRIP for the latest updates.

The cause of the crash is unknown at this hour; CSP is still investigating the scene.

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Karla Sosa

PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO)- Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials have found the body of a missing boater in Lake Pueblo.

RELATED: Missing boater found dead in Lake Pueblo State Park

CPW officials said that on Friday night, a boat flipped over in the Bogs Creek Cove area. Three people were on the boat, but only 2 made it back on shore. CPW said they believe no one in the group was wearing a life jacket at the time of the incident. 

Throughout the night and day, crews searched for the victim. 

KRDO13 talked with Larissa Mondragon, who identified her husband, Derrick Lee Vigil, as the missing boater. She said her husband had just picked up fishing as a hobby.

Mondragon said she started to get worried once she stopped hearing from him. 

“He had left the house about 5:30 last night, and the evening. I stopped hearing from him around 6:00, and I just had a really bad feeling that it was just not like him to not check in or say anything,” said Mondragon.

Mondragon told us she needs to be strong for the two daughters her husband leaves behind.

“Really strong man and really good provider, partner. Dad. His babies loved him. They laughed with him.”

Mondragon said they had just returned from a family vacation.

At this hour, no official identification has been made. CPW says they’ll wait for the Pueblo County Coroner to complete their investigation.

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Michael Logerwell

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – One person is dead after a crash between a car and a motorcyclist near the intersection of Hawk Wind Blvd and Peterson Rd.

Colorado Springs Police say their officers responded to calls of a crash just after 5:20 Saturday evening. Police say the motorcyclist had sustained life-threatening injuries and was transported to the hospital immediately. The motorcyclist later died at the hospital.

Colorado Springs Police say the Major Crash Team is investigating the incident. Tonight, there’s no word if anyone has been arrested or issued a citation in connection with the crash.

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Michael Logerwell

PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – One adult is in the hospital after three people were pulled from the water at the Waterworks Park in Pueblo.

The Pueblo Fire Department tells KRDO13 that at 1:37 p.m., three people went over Waterworks Park and were thrown from their tube into the water. None of them were wearing life jackets.

It wasn’t the firefighters who pulled the trio from the water, but rather some surfers who were just downstream at the surf wave.

One adult was taken to the hospital for further treatment, the others were treated on scene. The fire department says this is another example showing why you need to wear a life jacket when you go out on any body of water.

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Michael Logerwell

FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – Campers in Fremont County quickly fled from Cutty’s Resort as a wildfire grew nearby.

Fremont County Emergency Management announced the fire was first reported just before noon on Saturday. Not only was the campground evacuated, but County Road 6 is closed at Highway 50.

The size of the wildfire hasn’t been publicly announced, but the Western Fremont Fire District, which first responded, requested the help of numerous local agencies, including:

Howard Volunteer Fire Department

Fremont County Emergency Management

Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control

DFPC Helitack Cañon City

United States Forest Service

Fremont County Sheriff’s Office

Additional Mutual Aid was requested from Salida and South Arkansas Fire, Deer Mountain Fire Protection District, and Tallahassee Fire Protection District.

However, the weather is creating issues for first responders fighting the fire. Fremont County Emergency Management said air operations have been grounded due to thunderstorms in the area. On the ground, crews working the fire line have also been pulled over lightning and storm conditions.

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Michael Logerwell

PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife Officials announce they found the missing boater dead in Lake Pueblo.

A CPW spokesperson said it was a long search. The first call came in around 8 p.m. Friday, saying that a boat had overturned. The body wasn’t recovered until after 6 p.m. on Saturday.

CPW tells KRDO13 they will not identify the body and will wait for the Pueblo County Coroner’s Office to complete their investigation.

At this time, officials with CPW believe none of the three men aboard the vessel were wearing life jackets.

Original Report:

Colorado Parks and Wildlife Officials are actively searching for a missing boater on Lake Pueblo.

In a post on social media, the Southeast region of CPW, which covers Pueblo and Colorado Springs, announced a “recovery operation for a missing boater at Lake Pueblo State Park.”

KRDO13 has a crew on the way to Lake Pueblo State Park and will provide updates later in the day.

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