windsor Prosecutors are scheduled to release more details this morning about a weekend shooting in which a Windsor police officer was shot several times in his protective vest and the suspect died.
The names of the officer and the suspect, who is believed to be 67 or 68 years old, were not available Sunday night.
The officer was reported to be in good condition Sunday at the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland.
The Weld County district attorney’s office said Sunday that no news conference is planned but that additional information about the shooting will be issued in a news release today.
The incident began about 1:45 p.m. Saturday when two officers were sent to the man’s apartment on a complaint that he had stolen $25 worth of candy from a nearby Safeway.
According to police, the suspect opened his door and opened fire, hitting the first officer. A second officer returned fire, though it was unknown whether the man was hit. The gunman retreated into the apartment. Two hours later, a robotic camera was sent to the apartment, and the suspect’s body was found.
Baby thrown from car in rollover
Georgetown – An 8-month-old girl was airlifted with severe injuries to Children’s Hospital on Sunday night after she was ejected from a car, the Colorado State Patrol said.
The girl was not properly restrained in a car seat when the eastbound Ford Escort she was traveling in rolled on Interstate 70 at 7:49 p.m., Trooper Ryan Sullivan said.
Her condition at the hospital was not immediately released.
No one else in the car was seriously injured, Sullivan said.
Snow shuts down popular high roads
Rocky Mountain National Park – Overnight snow brought hazardous conditions early Sunday to high-country highways west of Denver, causing several closures, including those of two of the state’s most popular high-altitude roads.
Trail Ridge Road – U.S. 34 through Rocky Mountain National Park – was still closed at sunset, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.
Closed for part of the morning was the Mount Evans Highway, the highest paved road in North America.
Tornado victim’s grave to get big stone
Lamar – A man whose wife was killed by a tornado that ripped through Holly will be able to mark her grave the way he intended.
The City Council last week granted a waiver allowing Gustavo Puga to place a custom marble headstone that he drove to Mexico to fetch for his wife, Rosemary Rosales. City officials previously had said the 27-by-54-inch slab was too big and posed safety concerns.
Environmental group fights to protect wolves
Billings, Mont. – An environmental group is claiming a proposal to let states kill packs of endangered wolves that prey on big-game herds would result in the eradication of wolves across much of the northern Rockies. The Natural Resources Defense Council says nearly 600 wolves could be killed in Idaho and Wyoming through aerial gunning operations that would be allowed under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposal.
Fraternities flourish after separating from CU
Boulder – Fraternity membership at the University of Colorado is still climbing, even though the Interfraternity Council lost its affiliation with the school two years ago.
In fall 2005, during fraternities’ first year as independent groups, recruitment numbers rose 18 percent from the year before.
Last year, new membership rose 22 percent. The Interfraternity Council expects another jump this year.
Fraternities began operating as independent groups after the Interfraternity Council refused in 2005 to agree to reforms put forward by CU administrators.
Mule deer resurgence seen as invite to hunters
Aspen – Mule deer have made such a comeback after years of low numbers that state wildlife officials are trying to lure hunters back to deer.
Mild winters and restricted hunting have helped bring back the deer to levels far greater than before, said Division of Wildlife spokesman Randy Hampton.
Statewide, a population of 581,000 dropped to 509,000. Now, those numbers are estimated at 612,000.
In an area that includes much of the Flat Tops, a herd that dwindled to about 62,000 in 1994 is up to about 95,000.
