Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett has decided not to file criminal charges against three target shooters at Round Mountain Ranch, where a bullet fragment ignited a grass fire Feb. 20 that spread to more than 150 acres.
The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office determined the cause of the fire and forwarded the information to prosecutors for review.
Garnett determined that there was no level of culpability — not even negligence — over shooting steel plates in the northwest corner of the property when a fragment from one of the rounds ignited nearby grasses, which were extremely dry on a windy day.
“We had these guys, they were shooting on private land in an appropriate location with an appropriate backstop,” Garnett said. “Nothing about what they were doing was negligent and one of the bullets ignited a grass fire, which they immediately tried to put out and also called the fire authorities.”
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