Former DoubleTree shooting: Woman hurt weeks after homicide [Video]

DENVER — A woman was shot late Wednesday inside a former hotel that’s now a shelter, despite an increase in security following a double homicide at the same building less than two weeks ago.

A spokesman for the Denver Police Department said they responded to 4040 North Quebec St. in the Central Park neighborhood at 11:40 p.m. Wednesday. Police said the shooting happened in one of the rooms at the former hotel, which the city converted into a shelter for those experiencing homelessness.

Police said the woman was taken to a hospital with serious injuries and is expected to survive. 

Police said Thursday morning that Cameron Ware, 34, was arrested on an attempted murder charge in connection with the shooting. Police said it appears Ware and the victim knew each other, “and that the victim may have been targeted because …