POT ACTIVIST'S DEATH PROBED

Police identified Ken Gorman as the man who was killed in a South
Decatur Street home over the weekend, but would not say if they
believe marijuana theft was a possible motive in the homicide.

Gorman, a 59-year-old activist who sold marijuana for medicinal
purposes, was shot to death sometime after 7 p.m. Saturday in his home.

"The first day he moved here, he came across the street and he was
talking to me about how he sold marijuana, but he sold it legally,"
said neighbor Alexandra MacKay, 79.

Colorado allows authorized patients to use marijuana for medical
purposes, but federal law still prohibits its use. Colorado allows
patients and primary caregivers to possess up to six plants and 2
ounces of marijuana.

Nearly a year ago, Gorman helped organize a pot gathering in Denver's
Civic Center. It was part of an effort to make marijuana possession
legal at the state and federal levels. It followed the city's passage
of an ordinance that allows adults to legally possess a small amount
of marijuana.

Colorado voters in November rejected Amendment 44, which would have
allowed anyone 21 and older to possess and use up to an ounce of marijuana.

MacKay said she was not bothered by Gorman's activities, nor all the
visitors he received.

"He was very calm," she said. "You never saw him drunk. ... He was a
very nice person. ... He never had parties, no big drinking. He just
sold the stuff."

She said she believes Gorman was trying to do the right thing.
However, she said, she believed it would come to an end.

"I knew something was going to happen," she said.