02-25-2016, 09:11 PM
COLORADO -- 3 OFFICERS SHOT
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^ Corporal Nate Carrigan, a 12-year-veteran deputy, was killed while serving a high-risk eviction notice yesterday in Bailey, Colorado. RIP.
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^ Martin Wirth, 58, was being evicted from his property in Bailey when the shooting occurred, the Park County Sheriff’s Office says. Wirth was shot dead during the exchange.
Wirth had been vocal about his distrust and hatred of government, banks, and police for years. He was well-know to LE.
From the deck outside of his house, Wirth reportedly shot at deputies who'd come to serve a high-risk eviction notice The deputies followed him into the house where Wirth picked off three of the five with a rifle. (HOTD: I do not understand why the officers followed him inside like that, being that they knew his mindset.)
Along with Corporal Carrigan, Patrol Deputy Kolby Martin, an 11-year-veteran, was shot . He suffered life threatening injuries and is being treated at a local hospital. A third deputy, Captain Mark Hancock, suffered non-life-threatening wounds.
Wirth had killed a man before. When he was 37, he shot a 24-year-old during a drunken argument over a chess match. The jury acquitted Wirth because he claimed the younger man had lunged for his revolver.
Wirth, who had at one time run for the Colorado legislature, had been in a foreclosure battle for several years and protested against the government during Occupy Denver.
Refs:
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2016/02/24/de...s-wounded/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/colorado-sho...th-friend/
http://kdvr.com/2016/02/24/bailey-shooti...ct-so-far/
^ Corporal Nate Carrigan, a 12-year-veteran deputy, was killed while serving a high-risk eviction notice yesterday in Bailey, Colorado. RIP.
^ Martin Wirth, 58, was being evicted from his property in Bailey when the shooting occurred, the Park County Sheriff’s Office says. Wirth was shot dead during the exchange.
Wirth had been vocal about his distrust and hatred of government, banks, and police for years. He was well-know to LE.
From the deck outside of his house, Wirth reportedly shot at deputies who'd come to serve a high-risk eviction notice The deputies followed him into the house where Wirth picked off three of the five with a rifle. (HOTD: I do not understand why the officers followed him inside like that, being that they knew his mindset.)
Along with Corporal Carrigan, Patrol Deputy Kolby Martin, an 11-year-veteran, was shot . He suffered life threatening injuries and is being treated at a local hospital. A third deputy, Captain Mark Hancock, suffered non-life-threatening wounds.
Wirth had killed a man before. When he was 37, he shot a 24-year-old during a drunken argument over a chess match. The jury acquitted Wirth because he claimed the younger man had lunged for his revolver.
Wirth, who had at one time run for the Colorado legislature, had been in a foreclosure battle for several years and protested against the government during Occupy Denver.
Refs:
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2016/02/24/de...s-wounded/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/colorado-sho...th-friend/
http://kdvr.com/2016/02/24/bailey-shooti...ct-so-far/