CU Boulder community grieves fellow student killed in Saturday shooting

202 The CU community gathers at the Dalton Trumbo Fountain Court to mourn the loss of second-year student Luca Hanlon following a shooting on Halloween night. Nov. 5, 2026. (Sagan Randall/CU Independent) As a crowd gathered at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Dalton Trumbo Fountain Court Thursday evening, the steady hum of nearby buildings covered long stretches of silence. Community members hung their heads, plastic candles flickering in hand, remembering second-year student Luca Hanlon. “Grief moves through friends, families and lectures until it leaves the entire community with a sense of emptiness that is hard to explain,” said Emily Golding, vice president of CU Boulder’s Students Demand Action chapter. After a shooting near campus on Halloween killed Hanlon and injured another student, the University of Colorado Boulder Student Government hosted a vigil to bring the campus community together in support of those affected.

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