DENVER — The city fired a 911 dispatcher for an incident in March that ended with a suspect shooting and killing a man.

The family of Jimma Reat blames the 911 operator for the murder, and city officials apologized for the decisions made that led to his death.

Reat and three of his brothers were harassed by four other men. The attackers allegedly used racial slurs and broke out a window by throwing a beer bottle at the car Reat was a passenger in.

The brothers escaped to Wheat Ridge from the scene in Denver. But the 911 operator told them to go back to Denver in order to file a report.

The attackers found them before police did, and Jimma Reat was shot and killed.

The city sent the 911 operator a letter of termination effective Tuesday.

DENVER – Denver Public Schools is asking the state to investigate possible cheating on the Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP) tests at two Denver elementary schools.

EdNewsColorado.org, a news website that covers education issues across the state, has identified the schools as Beach Court Elementary and Hallett Fundamental Academy.

The principals of both schools have been placed on paid administrative leave.

Beach Court has been among the district’s highest-performing, low-income schools for several years.

DENVER — Despite the chill in the air Friday night, it’s quite heated at auditions for the 2013 Colorado Firefighter Calendar in Denver.

This is the calendar’s first major event since a financial scandal last fall forced the former organizer to step down.

The screams firefighters hear are usually for help–not this–ladies screaming and squealing with delight.

And usually firefighters battle smoke and flames–not each other.

“Whether I make it or whether I don’t, just being asked to do it is a great honor,” says Eric Pingel from Buckley AFB Fire Department.

These professional firefighters compete for one of 14 coveted spots in the 2013 Colorado Firefighter Calendar.

“Firefighters are all about helping people. If we can use our role as firefighters to promote fire safety and help Children’s Hospital, I think any of us would take advantage of the opportunity,” says Matt Zavala with Boulder Fire Department.