Breaking News Reporter

Shelly Bradbury

Shelly Bradbury is a breaking news reporter who joined The Denver Post in November 2019. She previously worked as a crime reporter at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in Pennsylvania and the Chattanooga Times Free Press in Tennessee. She's been a reporter since 2012, focused on criminal justice, breaking news and enterprise. In Pittsburgh, she helped the newspaper earn the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news after a mass shooting at a local synagogue.

Connor Russell sits on the grass next to flowers and a flag that have been left on fencing next to the scene of Sunday’s attack on the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder on Monday, June 2, 2025. Russell, a Boulder resident, said he came to the site to help him process what happened. “I have been having a hard time understanding how this happened here,” he said. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Boulder attack suspect indicted on additional federal hate-crime, explosives charges

June 25, 2025 at 1:40 p.m.

Mohamed Soliman also faces 118 criminal charges in state court, including dozens of counts of attempted first-degree murder and assault.

In this June 1, 2025 photo provided by Lisa Turnquist, Boulder, Colorado attack suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman is seen as he launched a fiery attack on demonstrators at an outdoor mall, Sunday, June 1, 2025, in Boulder, Colo. (Lisa Turnquist via AP)

How the Boulder fire attack unfolded: Calm, confusion, chaos — ‘he’s out to kill us’

June 3, 2025 at 9:30 a.m.

Terror erupted as attacker burned demonstrators calling for release of Israeli hostages.

Former Clear Creek County sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Buen arrives at the Clear Creek County Courthouse in Georgetown, Colorado, on April 15, 2024. Buen was on trial on charges of second-degree murder, reckless endangerment and official misconduct in connection with the the death of 22-year-old Christian Glass after Glass called 911 for help in 2022. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Former Colorado deputy sentenced to 3 years in prison for killing man who called for help

April 14, 2025 at 10:59 a.m.

Andrew Buen received the maximum possible sentence for criminally negligent homicide and reckless endangerment.

Fake police set up roadblock, stop drivers during stay-at-home order in Colorado

March 30, 2020 at 8:22 a.m.

Police impersonators set up a roadblock on a Colorado highway and stopped drivers to ask why they were out during the state's coronavirus stay-at-home order.

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