A deputy who fatally shot a person in Mesa County has been recognized amid an ongoing investigation by the twenty first Judicial District Crucial Incident Response Workforce.
Deputy Andrew Baca, who has been with the Mesa County Sheriff’s Workplace for 5 years, “discharged his responsibility firearm” throughout an April 28 incident, in line with a sheriff’s information launch. Baca, a patrol deputy, is on paid administrative go away pending the end result of the judicial district’s investigation.
The Mesa County Coroner’s Workplace has recognized the person who was shot as 47-year-old Rafael Lopez-Leon of Grand Junction. Lopez-Leon was taken to a hospital the place he was pronounced lifeless a short while later. He died of a number of gunshot wounds.
The capturing occurred about 4:35 p.m. when deputies responded to the world of 2837 North Avenue to contact a driver, Lopez-Leon, who allegedly eluded a regulation enforcement visitors cease earlier within the afternoon, in line with investigators.
No deputies had been injured. Investigators haven’t mentioned whether or not Lopez-Leon was armed throughout the incident.
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