Student released from Denver hospital

Thursday, March 29, 2007

By Erick R. Schmidt

The KU student injured during a shooting robbery in Denver has been released from the hospital.

Joseph Kuebel was one of three victims shot in what Denver police have said was a related series of shootings. Kuebel was shot multiple times, including wounds to his leg and back, but was released from the hospital sometime Tuesday or Wednesday.

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There is nothing that these victims could have done differently. They complied with the suspects’ demands, and they were very brazenly shot.

- Virginia Quinoñes, Denver police spokeswoman

Denver Medical Health Center spokeswoman Dee Martinez said Kuebel’s roommate Ian Dumpert, Lawrence resident, was still listed in critical condition at the facility after being shot in the neck during Monday’s attack.

Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson said the police were searching for two African-American men who are suspected of a series of robberies similar to the one involving the Lawrence residents. Both men wore ski masks or dark bandanas in the attacks. Between Friday night and Monday morning, six people were shot in downtown Denver.

“We believe the cases to be related, and we’re investigating them as such,” Jackson said.

Kuebel and Dumpert were leaving a concert along with five others, including two Kansas State University students, when two masked men reportedly approached them and taunted the group. After the men told the victims they were in a bad part of town, they allegedly took their belongs and one began shooting. Denver police spokeswoman Virginia Quinoñes said the other two weekend attacks had been similarly violent.

“There is nothing that these victims could have done differently,” Quinoñes said in a press release. “They complied with the suspects’ demands, and they were very brazenly shot.”

The attack involving students occurred in Denver’s Five Points area, which formerly boasted high-profile musical clubs. Alan Reece, FOX Denver news assignment editor, said the neighborhood has a reputation for crime and a “huge” concentration of homeless people.

“It’s not a place you want to walk around at night,” Reece said.

Kansan staff writer Erick R. Schmidt can be contacted at eschmidt@kansan.com.

—Edited by Lisa Tilson

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