The Festival will air 24 hours a day, and will showcase the majority of the saxophonist’s extensive discography, including both commercially issued material and rarities. No other details were available Thursday morning.Commencing at midnight August 29th and concluding at midnight September 3rd, WKCR-FM (89.9 FM, ) will present the Charlie Parker Centennial Festival, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of a colossal figure in American music with a 120-hour marathon broadcast. The gun was recovered from McLean's apartment. He grabbed the handgun, struck his girlfriend near her knee, and that caused the gun to go off, he said, according to the affidavit. The girlfriend said she felt this was accidental since he had done something similar a year prior, according to the affidavit.Īt the sheriff's office, McLean said they had been arguing and they hit each other multiple times before both started to pack his belongings. After striking her, he grabbed a gun and pointed it at her from eight feet away and fired in her direction.
The investigator noted small scrapes on the inside of her top and bottom lip, according to the affidavit.
She told investigators that they were arguing in their bedroom and McLean charged her as she stood in the closet, and then hit her face. The girlfriend said McLean told her to tell a story about the gun accidentally discharging, but that didn't happen. In an arrest affidavit, authorities said McLean and his girlfriend both stated they had been arguing. He is being held in lieu of a $50,000 bond. He was booked into the Arapahoe County Jail on suspicion of first-, second- and third-degree assault, illegal discharge of a firearm, felony menacing and reckless endangerment.
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HOW TO HELP: To help the family through Denver7 Gives, click here and choose “Support Stray Bullet Victim” from the drop down menu.Įarlier Thursday, the Araphoe County Sheriff's Office said McLean was cooperative with investigators and was arrested at the scene on Saturday. A GoFundMe page started Friday by the fiancé’s family members said Strelecki had undergone two surgeries and is in a medically induced coma. The family says their biggest concerns now are her medical bills and her rent. "Apparently you aren't safe in your own home anymore." "I just don’t understand how she can be in her kitchen making food for her pets and then all of a sudden get shot in the head.
Sally Rose's older sister, Emma Strelecki, also spoke with Denver7 through tears, as she remembered details about growing up together, including teaching Sally Rose how to ride a bike. Guns have a purpose in situations but you have got to be responsible with them, you have to be responsible with them so this doesn’t happen like it happened to my baby girl," Graham said. Speaking to Denver7 Thursday, she called for gun reform. She’s not at this time in good shape I’ve been told it’s very grim," said Graham, who said her daughter is a former CU Boulder student trying to achieve a medical career. Graham said Strelecki underwent surgery and is in a medically induced coma and she has been close to death twice.
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Her fiancé was in the living room watching TV at the time. Strelecki was in the kitchen preparing food for her pets when the stray bullet struck her in the back of the head. She is in critical condition.Īmy Graham said the woman struck is her daughter, 27-year-old Sally Rose Strelecki.
He said he had been involved in an argument and had been holding the gun, according to the sheriff's office.Ī woman in the adjacent apartment was struck and transported to a nearby hospital. In the second call, a man - later identified as Mickel McLean, 26 - said his gun accidentally went off and the bullet went through the apartment wall. Around the same time, a second call came in about the shooting. The Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office said on Saturday at 11:45 a.m., they received a call about a shooting at an apartment along the 6800 block of S. A man was arrested after allegedly shooting his gun into an apartment wall, striking a woman in the other unit.