Loveland police believe coroner’s investigator Matthew Canaga shot his father during a family disturbance inside his home Tuesday.
Details of what led to the fatal shooting have not been released, but detectives are looking at whether the younger Canaga, 25, was defending himself or others.
Canaga is a part-time investigator for the Larimer County Coroner’s Office, where he has worked first as a temporary then a permanent employee since 2009. He is currently on paid administrative leave.
His father, 51-year-old Patrick Canaga, owned two homes right next to each other, 903 and 907 Daphne Drive, according to property records. The elder Canaga lived at 903, while Matthew and his family lived at 907, which is where the shooting occurred, according to police.
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