The Sweetwater County Sheriff’s office is investigating a shooting death that occurred Sunday afternoon, north of Rock Springs. According to Sweetwater County Sheriff Mike Lowell, the suspect in the shooting, 41-year-old Stephen Taranovich is Continue reading
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UPDATE: One In Custody After Shooting Death
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Shooting Death On Highway 13
A man shot and killed himself after being pulled over by the Colorado State Patrol. The incident happened just before noon Saturday on Highway 13, 20 miles north of Craig. The trooper was not injured. The Moffat County Sheriff’s Office and Moffat County Coroner are investigating the Continue reading
Shooting Victim Dies
The man who was shot Wednesday night in Craig died from his injuries Thursday. 48-year-old Michael Adam Freese was reportedly shot by 40-year-old Rachel Niemeyer at the Bear Valley Inn. Niemeyer was arrested for 1st degree assault and Continue reading
Man Seriously Injured During Shooting
A man was shot last night in Craig. Police responded to the Bear Valley Inn shortly after 10, where they found 48-year-old Michael Adam Freese, who had been shot. Freese was transported to the hospital with serious injuries. 40-year-old Continue reading
Man Who Falsely Reported Shooting Gets Jail Time
A man who falsely reported a shooting on Little Bitter Creek Road in Sweetwater County in May, pleaded guilty last week to charges and was sentenced to jail time. 27-year-old Dean Muir admitted to phoning in the fictitious shooting, in an effort to keep a friend, who had been pulled over, from being arrested for DUI. Because of the Continue reading
Cast And Blast At The Wyman Museum
Colorado Parks and Wildlife will host a free, ‘Family Cast and Blast,’ next weekend at the Wyman’s Museum in just east of Craig. The Cast and Blast will be held next Saturday August 19th from 4 to 7. Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials will be in attendance to help anyone interested in learning the Continue reading
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Shooting Incident On Yampa Avenue
There was a shooting incident in Craig around 10:15 Monday morning. According to Craig Police Chief Walt Vanatta, the victim of the shooting was in a vehicle at the intersection of 8th and Yampa when he encountered 38-year-old Anthony Montano in a separate vehicle. Montano reportedly pulled a handgun and shot at the Continue reading
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Hayden Shooting Range Closed Tomorrow
The Hayden Shooting Range will be closed beginning tomorrow to allow Colorado Parks and Wildlife to make upgrades to the facility. The range will be closed for approximately two weeks while CPW installs new berms to help better define the three separate rifle ranges and will also expand the Continue reading
Threat Resolved At Steamboat High School
The following information was sent Thursday to parents and the staff of the Steamboat Springs School District by Superintendent of Schools Dr. Brad Meeks.
On Wednesday afternoon, a note was found on a table in a classroom after the Continue reading
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Wyoming Shooting Victim Shot Himself
A man who reported that he was shot yesterday in Sweetwater County was later determined to have shot himself. The 54 year old man is expected to have shot himself in his car before driving to the Wamsutter Town Hall, where he told someone he had been shot, and needed help. The man was Continue reading
77 Year Old Shooter Kills One Injures Two
Three people were shot yesterday by an elderly man at a senior citizen apartment complex in Cheyenne. 77 year old Larry Rosenberg shot one person inside the Heritage Court Apartments before shooting two more people outside. One of the victims died due to their injuries. After Continue reading
New Facts About “Good Samaritan” Shooting Released
The investigation regarding the man who claimed he was shot after he stopped to offer assistance to a motorist on Highway 13 north of Rifle, concluded that his injury did not occur as he claimed. In a 911 call about the shooting on July 16th the 31-year-old man indicated that he had been shot by an unidentified person. The injured man, whose name Continue reading
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