Mesa County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Grand Junction man on suspicion of shooting another man in a desert area of the county this morning.
Steven Lee Dodd, 26, of Grand Junction was shot in the abdomen around 4 a.m. Sunday and airlifted to St. Mary’s Hospital where he is listed in critical condition, according to the Mesa County Sheriff’s Department.
Authorities are releasing few details about the shooting, pending further investigation.
“It is unclear when they came into contact. Exactly what they were doing in the vicinity is unclear,” said Mesa County sheriff’s spokeswoman Heather Benjamin.
Deputies arrested Charles “Daniel” Ettinger, 52, of Palisade. He was booked into the Mesa County Detention Facility on a charge of first-degree assault.
Tom McGhee: (303)954-1671 or tmcghee@denverpost.com
