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Leadville police officers were called to a home in the 100 block of E. 9th St. in Leadville following a shots fired call around 1:00 AM on Saturday morning (August 31, 2024).

Upon arrival, they found a woman deceased inside the residence from an apparent gunshot wound, and a male in the home with an apparent gunshot wound. The male was taken to a local hospital and later transported to the Denver area for treatment. His condition is not known at this time.

August 26, 2024 – CBI –  Denver, CO – Nearly $90,000 in state grant funding is available to support local governments in finding missing persons. Applications for the ‘Supporting Recovery Programs Persons Who Wander Grant Program’ will be accepted from September 2, 2024 until November 8, 2024.

July 29, 2024 – CBI –  Crestone, CO – The suspect killed in a fatal shooting by a Saguache County Sheriff Deputy last week has been identified as 40-year old Jonathan Aaron Wood.

On Thursday July 25, 2024, at approximately 12:00 p.m. a Saguache County sheriff deputy was driving near the town of Crestone, Colorado to serve papers when he observed Mr. Wood walking about a mile from the entrance of the Baca Grande Subdivision. The deputy recognized Wood as having active warrants.

July 25, 2024 – CBI –  Crestone, CO – A pipe-wielding suspect was fatally shot by a Saguache County sheriff deputy Thursday afternoon. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is now assisting the Saguache County Sheriff's Office into the investigation of the fatal shooting.

July 25 – CBI –  Cortez, CO – A 5-year old boy who had been the focus of an Endangered Missing Alert has been safely located. At 12:30 p.m. today, the previously missing Helliono Martinez was brought to the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office by the Martinez family and is now in the temporary custody of the Montezuma County Department of Social Services.

On July 18, an Endangered Missing Alert was issued for Helliono Martinez, a 5-year old Hispanic Male last seen with his 43-year old father Charles Martinez on July 16.

July 23, 2024 – CBI –  Cortez, CO – The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Montezuma County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) are jointly looking for a 5-year boy, whose mom was murdered on July 2.

July 3, 2024 – CBI –  Pagosa Springs, CO – The Colorado Bureau of Investigation wishes to share the following update into the murder of 39-year old Crystal Snow of Pagosa Springs. Snow's body was discovered Tuesday morning July 2 after Archuleta County Combined Dispatch received a 911 call from Snow's home at around 2:20 am.

Operators were not able to communicate with the caller, so two deputies from the Archuleta County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to Snow's home in the 1000 block of County Road 700 west of Pagosa Springs.

July 2, 2024 – CBI – Pagosa Springs, CO – On Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024 at approximately 2:20am, Archuleta County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) was dispatched to a 911 open line in the 1000 block of County Road 700 near Pagosa Springs. Upon arrival on-scene, two Archuleta County Sheriff’s Deputies discovered a deceased female, age 39. The victim was shot during an apparent homicide.

The scene was immediately secured. There is no suspect information that can be shared at this time.

June 24, 2024 – CBI –  Pueblo, CO – The victims of a double homicide from early Friday morning at Lake Pueblo State Park have been identified. 29-year old Dustyn Courtney and 20 year old Trevion Lucas, both from Pueblo, were shot to death near Sailboard Beach just after midnight by an unidentified male suspect.