Gunman killed at Colorado governor's office
A gunman who declared "I am the emporor" was shot and killed by a state trooper Monday when he refused to put down his gun, officials said.
The man, who is currently unidentified, walked into the reception area of Gov. Bill Ritter's office and was escorted out before he pulled out a gun. He said "I am the emperor and I'm here to take over state government" and refused to put down his gun. He was then shot by the state trooper.
CNN and USA Today reported the incident. CNN wrote the article more like a feature than hard news while USA Today stuck to the normal hard news form.
The CNN story made it easier to visualize the scene from the governor's eyes by providing more detail. The story also interviewed a woman who may have rented the man a tuxedo earlier on in the day. This version of the story was easier to read and much more interesting than the USA Today story, which simply stuck to a typical news story structure.
USA Today did not include many sensory details and did not seem to provide as much information even though the stories may have been the same length.