A fugitive was shot and wounded Wednesday after opening fire on Colorado Springs police officers and El Paso County deputies.
The suspect was known to be "armed and dangerous," police said.
No one else was wounded during Wednesday afternoon's violent incident at the Aviator apartments at 1670 North Murray Boulevard in Colorado Springs - but a patrol car was damaged by gunfire.
"Officers followed the suspect vehicle into the parking lot," police said. "As officers attempted to make contact with the occupants of the vehicle, they announced themselves as police.
"The wanted suspect fired at least one shot from the passenger seat of the vehicle, striking one of the police vehicles in the windshield," police said. "Officers and at least one deputy returned fire, striking the suspect."
He was reported to be in serious condition at hospital.
Their missing persons case is.
Today's Rocky Ford police chief, Matthew Wallace, said he keeps the Sanchez-Mestas file close to his desk at police headquarters and collaborates with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation on the 1982 mystery.
Media reports from almost a decade said investigators had developed a fresh lead. Nothing more was said.
In a telephone interview this week with the Daily Sketch, Wallace declined to discuss specifics of that 2017 discovery or evidence developed since then.
"We're still working this case," the chief said.
Rocky Ford is located in Otero County in the Arkansas Valley where U.S. Highway 50 intersects with Colorado 71.
The teens were last seen on foot at the high school.
According to CBI, Sanchez "suffered from a broken elbow and has a surgical scar on her left arm which runs from the wrist to the inside of her elbow" while Mestas had a heart-shaped birthmark on her buttocks.
If you have information, contact the Rocky Ford Police Department (719) 254-3344
[Photos: CBI]
A man initially stopped for jaywalking on Highway 85 in Evans was arrested Tuesday on a more serious criminal charge - meth possession. Police said the man - a resident of Greeley - attempted to flee after an officer learned of an active warrant for his arrest. The meth, estimated at 3.5 ounces or so, was discovered after he was frisked. As of Wednesday, the suspect faced new charges of drug possession and distribution, resisting arrest ... and jaywalking. A woman accompanying the man was released without charge, not even jaywalking.
Police arrested a suspect early Wednesday on charges of attempted first-degree murder, reckless endangerment and unlawful discharge of a firearm in the Weld County town of Ault, officials said. 911 callers reported hearing gunshots in the 400-block of Graefe Avenue at about 1:40 a.m. "Officers from the Ault Police Department and Eaton Police Department responded to the scene and quickly located and apprehended a 53-year-old male suspect who was still in possession of a firearm," officials said. The suspect was booked into the Weld County Jail. Residents who believe they may have video footage are asked to contact the Ault Police Department (970) 834-1336.
Climbers Kaden Matsuda, 19, and Jackson Donlon, 20,
subjects of a dramatic search, plunged to their deaths at West Apostle Mountain
in Chaffee County due to a "catastrophic" equipment failure, the
sheriff and coroner announced Tuesday.
"The autopsy showed that the cause
of both their deaths was multiple blunt force injuries and their deaths were
instant," an official statement said.
Their bodies were recovered Oct. 29 a mountain basin. They had been missing for several days.
An investigation by the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office showed:
“Jackson was beginning to rappel from a
primary anchor point on a rock substrate. That anchor appears to have been
backed up by a piton and a secondary anchor made of rock substrate. Kaden was
attached via his personal anchor device to the same anchor points as well as
the primary anchor point. The anchor had a catastrophic failure of unknown
cause.
"Both then fell a substantial distance (exact distance unknown). It is
unknown if the heavy snowstorm had a negative impact leading to the incident,
but it did not play a direct contributing factor in their death.”
The men attended the Leadville campus of Colorado Mountain College.
A dashcam mounted inside a stolen Dodge Ram snapped images of the thief, Commerce City police said Tuesday.
"We couldn’t have taken a better picture if we had posed him ourselves," they added.
The crook - still at large as of Tuesday - broke into a warehouse in the 6700-block of Brighton Boulevard and made off with $50,000 of copper wire and the truck last month.
"He then dumped the stolen Ram about a mile away and fled in a silver sedan," police said. "During the commission of the crime he also caused extensive and expensive damage to the inside of the warehouse, the rear garage door and the front gate."
Colorado Governor Ralph Carr approved the urgent "mercy flight" by three members of the guard's 120th Observation Squadron to the southwestern corner of the state, a one-way trip of almost 300 miles.
The Sadler family's physician, H. R. Rasor, suspected home-canned cucumbers and peaches caused the lethal poisoning. The girl's little sister, age 3, died earlier that day - Nov. 4, 1940 - after eating the tainted food vegetables and fruit, the Rocky Mountain News said. The family drove to Cortez from their farm 30 miles northwest of town.
The physician appealed to the state trooper assigned to Cortez, Thomas Maier, for help. The trooper informed Joseph Marsh, the patrol supervisor in Denver, who then relayed the appeal to the governor.
Coloado's health secretary, Roy Cleere, procured the serum from Dr. Harry C. Evers, of 620 South Broadway in Denver - a veterinarian.
At that time, the common cure for botulism was derived from horse blood serum, according to the Smithsonian Institution. The equine-based formulation contained protective antibodies that were injected into infected patients.
The National Guard aircraft was waiting at the Denver's municipal airfield. It was piloted by Major Harrison Wellman, accompanied a crew of two sergeants, Joseph Moffatt and Samuel McGrew - and departed at 7:30 p.m., less than a hour after the request for help.
The craft arrived at Cortez at about 9 p.m., though shifting winds forced Wellman to circle the field for almost an hour as the aircraft's fuel dwindled.
In the meantime, the serum was dropped by parachute and rushed to the girl's bedside. Her doctor was waiting at the airfield.
During the drama, the governor telephoned local authorities in Cortez and requested the landing site "be outlined with automobile headlights and the runway marked with flares," the Rocky Mountain News said. Runway lights weren't all that common in 1940.
The rescue aircraft was most likely a newly delivered three-seat North American O-47 observation monoplane developed in the 1930s. Prior to 1940, the Colorado National Guard operated single-seat biplanes.
[Photo: Wikipedia]
By Colorado Newsline
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis released his final budget proposal on Monday, once again calling for the Legislature to significantly restrict Medicaid growth in the state.
The Democrat, who is in his last few months as governor, wants to limit program growth to 4.3% during the next budget year, compared to an expected 15% with current spending trends.
Medicaid costs have more than doubled since the 2021-2022 fiscal year and could soon eat up around 40% of the state’s entire general fund. It is propelled in part by rising healthcare costs and an aging population that needs more services. The health insurance program for low-income people serves around 1 in 5 Coloradans.
“Absent changes, Medicaid growth will crowd out everything else, including education,” Polis told reporters. “That would be unsustainable. Based on what I’ve seen, I don’t believe low-income Coloradans would be any healthier under this scenario.”
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Once it was over, poor Leo the Lion may well have been more frightened than poor Marvin Sager.
The fate of the careless zoo attendant is lost to history.
[Photo: Stock image]
UPDATE
Boulder police arrested a suspected gunman in a fatal shooting at a Halloween night house party that claimed the life of a University of Colorado student and injured another.
Omar Perez, 18, of Thornton, was booked into the Boulder County Jail on Monday. Perez is not a student at the university. Police withheld his mugshot.
Boulder Police Chief Steve Redfearn said: "Good community tips led to the suspect’s identity within 24 hours and then we coordinated with our partners at Thornton Police, Westminster Police and the Adams County Sheriff’s Office to safely take him into custody.”
The suspect was charged with murder in the first degree-extreme indifference, assault in the first degree-extreme indifference and attempted murder in the first degree-extreme indifference.
The Boulder Daily Camera first reported the arrest.
"Though additional charges are possible for other individuals involved in this incident, detectives believe this suspect is the only shooter," police said.
The shooting that occurred at 11:28 p.m. Saturday in the 700-block of Marine Street. Police had been at the address earlier in the evening and cited the residents for holding a "nuisance party."
The gunfire erupted after the party broke up. A neighbor reported hearing three shots.
Police said: "The families of the two victims are requesting privacy and do not wish to speak to the media." The victims are both males, aged 19. The injured student remained in hospital on Monday.
According to jail records, Perez stands 5-foot-10, weighs 141 pounds and has brown eyes and brown hair.
The Pagosa Springs Police Department said: "Current projections indicate that the San Juan River is expected to reach a height of nearly 17 feet. This projected river level is approximately 2 feet higher than the flooding experienced last week."
In Delta County, the sheriff's office reported: "Heavy rain on Sunday night on the Grand Mesa and Uncompahgre Plateau has caused multiple creeks across the county to have high flows."
The Southern Ute Indian Tribe said: "Evacuations have been issued along the San Juan River from Hogback to Four Corners due to rapidly rising water levels."
Montezuma County Search and Rescue reported: "The upper Dolores River at the town of Dolores is 0.5 ft above flood stage, flowing over 8500 cfs. ... The 'moderate flood' stage is about 10,000 cfs, which is approximately equal to the historic 1911 flood." (CFS stands for cubic feet per second.)
The Durango Police Department warned of "multiple" road closures.
Colorado Emergency Management said: "Dam Safety Engineer's from the Colorado Division of Water Resources are inspecting dams daily in the area impacted by the flooding in Southwest Colorado. Physical assessments are being done as rapidly as possible."
[Photo: La Plata County Government, Drango Police]
Based on chilling video, investigators hunted for a man with short, dark hair and facial hair, wearing a red hooded sweatshirt underneath a black jacket - and another with short, dark hair, wearing a black shirt with "Art the Clown" (a fictional mass murderer) on it and a silver-colored chain necklace.
It was believed they fled the city.
Police also sought several people of interest, including a female partygoer wearing antlers, in the shooting that occurred at 11:28 p.m. Saturday in the 700-block of Marine Street. The two-story dwelling is located on a street corner.
The Boulder Daily Camera reported a neighbor said he heard three shots.
Police had been at the address earlier in the evening.
At that time, "officers contacted the individuals who live there and cited them for having a nuisance party," police said. "Following police intervention, the party ended, and hundreds of attendees left the area. A smaller group remained inside the home.
[Photo: South Metro Fire]
Steven Boyles, 61, was arrested as suspect in the murder of his brother, Kevin Boyles, 59, in Las Animas County, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation said Sunday.
A friend of the victim discovered the body Friday at a residence in the 13700-block of Winterhawk Drive in Trinidad. The suspect was arrested Saturday and booked into the Las Animas County Jail.
"Initial scene investigation and interviews led CBI special agents to determine that Mr. Boyles' death was a homicide," officials said.
Based on chilling video, investigators hunted for a man with short, dark hair and facial hair, wearing a red hooded sweatshirt underneath a black jacket - and another with short, dark hair, wearing a black shirt with "Art the Clown" on it and a silver-colored chain necklace. Boulder Police Chief Steve Redfearn said: “We are doing everything in our power to find those responsible and hold them accountable.” The deadly shooting occurred at 11:28 p.m. in the 700-block of Marine Street. Police had been at the address earlier in the evening. At that time, "officers contacted the individuals who live there and cited them for having a nuisance party," police said. "Following police intervention, the party ended, and hundreds of attendees left the area. A smaller group remained inside the home.
[Photos: Thornton Fire, Aurora Fire]
