'This gentleman was either disturbed or tied up in some things he shouldn't have been,' says Garfield County Sheriff's Office rep Walt Stowe.
on October 28 — heavily armed with a semi-automatic rifle and handgun,"multiple" loaded magazines and"at least two to four" improvised explosive devices, which were found near his body and inside his car.."Investigators are still trying to get a count from the bomb squad, but at least two to four.
"We have since discovered his name and know a little more about him, but we are not ready to release that until the coroner has notified next of kin and done his investigation to determine the actual cause of death," Stowe tells."We have sympathy towards the family, obviously. This gentleman was either disturbed or tied up in some things he shouldn't have been. But we don't know that yet until we do a little more investigating.
When authorities arrived at the park on October 28, they located the IEDs that the suspect had brought with him; the Grand Junction Bomb Squad was able to render them safe. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Carbondale Police Department and Garfield County All Hazard Response Team were also involved in the response and investigation.
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