A Colorado Springs family hopes to win what they believe would be a landmark legal verdict by proving to jurors next month that mold exposure in a rented apartment caused Parkinson’s disease in a former head of several Olympic sports organizations.

The victim was the father of one of the competing athletes from Vista Ridge High School who died protecting his wife and son from the 25 lb hammer, police said.

A spectator was killed Sunday at a high school track and field meet on the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs campus after an athlete's hammer reportedly went out of bounds.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - A spectator at a high school track and field meet was struck and killed by a hammer Sunday morning. UCCS, which hosted the meet, said it was heartbroken over what it called a “horrible accident.”

During a high school track meet at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs a participant in the meet made an errant

Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer and Rep. Ryan Gonzalez are the prime sponsors of HB25-1074, Change Confinement Standards Egg-Laying Hens.

According to UCCS, a club sports track and field meet for high school students from across Colorado was taking place at the Mountain Lion Fieldhouse on the UCCS campus when around 9:30 a.m., a hammer thrown by a participant cleared certified barriers and hit a member of the audience.

Whenever the temperature falls below 20 degrees, cots are temporarily set up in the gym for cold-weather sheltering at The Sanctuary Church, which has capacity for 140 homeless people during dangerously low temperatures, like Colorado Springs experienced last week.

Expanding from Colorado College to Fountain-Fort Carson High School and its Trojan Arena, Educating Children of Color's day-long summit featured over a hundred speakers for various work sessions for students,

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo — Three people were found dead after police received a call of shots fired in Colorado Springs Saturday. The Colorado Springs Police Department said officers were called to investigate a call about shots fired in the 800 block of South Union Boulevard just before 8:20 a.m. Saturday.

33rd Annual Colorado Springs Wine Festival — To benefit the Colorado Springs Conservatory, Feb. 26-March 1, various Colorado Springs locations. Tickets: winefestivalofcoloradosprings.com. CASA Night of Hope - CASA Goes Cold Case Murder Mystery Dinner — 6-9 p.m. March 1, The Pinery at the Hill, 775 W. Bijou St. Reservations: casappr.org.