Crime in Colorado 2007, the Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting in 2015, and the National Western Complex shootout in Denver in 2016. Crime in Colorado This article describes crime in the U.S. state of Colorado. In 2011, there were 151,125 crimes reported in Colorado. In 2008, there were 158,236 crimes reported in Colorado, including 156 murders, 141,107 property crimes, and 2,094 rapes. Capital punishment is applied in this state. Two of the country's largest mass shootings have occurred in Colorado: The Columbine High School massacre in 1999 and the Aurora movie theater massacre in 2012. Both of these shootings resulted in national and
2000s in video gaming game was also criticized for being excessively violent. Another game that struck a nerve with many analysts and the general public was a game released in 2005 entitled "Super Columbine Massacre RPG!" in which a player actually carries out the events of the 1999 Columbine high school shooting. The game and its creator, Danny Ledonne, was both praised for the bold statement on free speech and criticized for being distasteful. It became the first finalist to ever be rejected at the 2007 Slamdance Film Festival's Guerrilla Games Competition. In protest of the rejection, many of the finalists withdrew from the