{"id":7698,"date":"2013-04-20T18:53:55","date_gmt":"2013-04-21T01:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/?p=7698"},"modified":"2013-04-20T22:10:47","modified_gmt":"2013-04-21T05:10:47","slug":"ap-april-20-2013-906-pm-police-shots-fired-at-colo-pot-holiday-gathering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/?p=7698","title":{"rendered":"AP\/ April 20, 2013, 9:06 PM Police: Shots fired at Colo. pot holiday gathering >>>UPDATE<<< 11:00 PM, Mountain Time: Three Wounded"},"content":{"rendered":"\"facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"google_plus\"<\/a>\"reddit\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>by <\/span>\"feather\"<\/a>
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>>>UPDATE< <<<\/strong> <\/strong>From ChicagoTribune.Com<\/strong>
\nKeith Coffman<\/em>
\nReuters
\n6:53 p.m. CDT, April 20, 2013<\/em><\/p>\n

Three people shot at pro-marijuana rally in Denver<\/p>\n

DENVER, April 20 (Reuters) – Three people were shot and wounded at a pro-marijuana rally on Saturday, disrupting the first celebration of a symbolic drug culture holiday since Colorado voters legalized the recreational use of pot.
\nA man and a woman were each shot in the leg and a youth was grazed by a bullet, but the wounds were not life-threatening, Denver police said on Twitter. Officers were looking for two suspects in the shootings, which occurred as the rally was winding down.<\/p>\n

A man and a woman were each shot in the leg and a youth was grazed by a bullet, but the wounds were not life-threatening, Denver police said on Twitter. Officers were looking for two suspects in the shootings, which occurred as the rally was winding down.<\/p>\n

“I heard five or six gunshots in quick succession,” said Cole Wagenknecht, 27, who attended the rally at a downtown park near the State Capitol. “That’s why I knew it wasn’t fireworks. Then everybody started to scatter and ran toward one end of the park.”<\/p>\n

The rally was one of a number of marijuana-related activities, including classes on hashish making and cooking with cannabis, held in Colorado on April 20 – within the drug culture, “4\/20” and “420” are synonymous with marijuana use.<\/p>\n

The shootings came at a sensitive time for Colorado marijuana activists, who are closely watching proposals from state lawmakers on the rules that will govern the sale of small amounts of pot to people 21 and older. In November, voters in Colorado and Washington state became the first in the country to approve recreational use of marijuana read more…<\/a><\/p>\n

>>>ORIGINAL STORY BELOW< <<<\/strong><\/p>\n

UnitedPatriotsWorldwide.Com<\/em>
\nDENVER (AP) \u2014 Gunfire erupted at a Denver park Saturday, injuring two people and sending tens of thousands gathered for an annual pot celebration fleeing the area, police said.<\/p>\n

A crowd of marijuana smokers expected to swell to 80,000 had gathered at the park to mark the counterculture holiday known as 4\/20 on the first celebration since Colorado and Washington made pot legal for recreational use. The shooting happened at about 5 p.m. and shortly after pot smokes shared hugs and joints in a mass 4:20 p.m. smoke-out.<\/p>\n

Police spokesman Sonny Jackson confirmed two people had been shot and both were taken to a hospital with injuries that did not appear to be life-threating. The gunshots quickly dispelled the festive atmosphere, with police swarming the scene.<\/p>\n

Witnesses said they heard three or more shots and crime tape was around the pavilion where the celebration was being held.<\/p>\n

Aerial footage showed the massive crowd frantically running from the park.<\/p>\n

A sizable police force on motorcycles and horses had been watching the celebration. But officers didn’t arrest people for smoking in public, which is still illegal.<\/p>\n

Ian Bay, who was skateboarding through Civic Center Park when shots erupted, said he was listening to music on his headphones when he looked to his right and saw a swarm of hundreds of people running at him.<\/p>\n

“I sort of panicked. I thought I was going through an anxiety thing because so many people were coming after me,” he said.<\/p>\n

Before the shooting, reggae music filled the air, and so did the smell of marijuana, as celebrants gathered by mid-morning in the park just beside the state Capitol.<\/p>\n

Authorities generally look the other way at public pot smoking here on April 20. Police said this week before the event that they were focused on crowd security in light of attacks that killed three at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.<\/p>\n

“We’re aware of the events in Boston,” said Denver police spokesman Aaron Kafer, who declined to give specifics about security measures being taken. “Our message to the public is that, if you see something, say something” read more…<\/a><\/p>\n

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