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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Gloria Oladipo

Police arrest man they say held guard at gunpoint at Colorado supreme court

red tape that says denver police line in front of a gray stone building
Police tape blocks the damage to large windows at the Colorado supreme court on 2 January in Denver. Photograph: Colleen Slevin/AP

Police have arrested a Colorado man who they say broke into the state’s supreme court building and held a security guard at gunpoint.

Authorities have said the break-in is not connected to previous threats received by Colorado supreme court justices after their decision last month to remove Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 Republican primary ballot. Rather, they said it resulted from a nearby car crash in which one motorist pulled a gun on another.

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