Editor’s note: Eighth Judicial District Attorney Gordon P. McLaughlin determined the officer involved in this shooting, Larimer County Sheriff’s Sgt. Samuel Roth, was justified in shooting this man. Read the decision letter .
A Larimer County deputy and a man who shot at sheriff’s deputies were injured after a on Monday.
Two deputies tried to stop a man riding an off-road motorcycle at around 2 p.m. near , in the 1400 block of East Stuart Street, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.
The deputies believed the man was violating traffic laws and he did not stop when they tried to pull him over, instead driving on the bike path into the park. Deputies followed him on their motorcycles.
He got off of his motorcycle and “exchanged gunfire” with deputies, . The man fell to the ground and did not follow commands, so deputies used a K-9 to pull him away from the gun. He was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
One deputy was shot and is recovering at the hospital, sheriff’s officials said.
The shooting will be investigated by the .
Anyone with information about the shooting who has not spoken to investigators should call Detective Hooper at 970-962-2032 or Crime Stoppers of Larimer County at 970-962-2032.
