the basement. the bulldozer is finally stopped. authorities prepare for a lengthy standoff, but suddenly, a single gunshot. we were unaware if this was somebody who was actually barricaded at this point, if he had committed suicide, or what the situation was. within just a few minutes of all this happening, the bulldozer shutting off, the tactical teams from the denver metro area and the front range began arriving. unsure whether or not this is a ploy, sheriff trainor keeps the teams on high alert while they attempt to find a way into the dozer. finally, many, many hours later, they were able to actually use a cutting torch and cut into the top of the tank or the bulldozer through where that air-conditioning unit was, and determined at that point that mr. heemeyer her died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. sheriff s deputies later find
forest, flemming was leading his crew on foot. we worked a 24 hour shift, a 12 hour shift that day zpt day before. kevin headed up a crew called the devil garden s five, ten inmate firefighters and one bulldozer operator. they had just contained a spot fire on the hillside. i turned around and saw these trees on fire. the fire was then about to overrun the dozer. none of them could see the fire was just this close. fog blocked their view. when i looked out my back window, i had seen the fire was already right behind me. abandoned the bulldozer and sprinted back to the others and then they realized they were trapped. about 20 seconds later, we
relentlessly burned miles of acres. moved family ts from homes and destroyed dozens of dwellings. gary dolen trying to chip away at the inferno, one 240 gallon bucket at a time. the king fire, how would you describe it? explosive. this particular day, it took off. the 15th of september. several miles into the forest, flemming was leading his crew on foot. we worked a 24 hour shift, a 12 hour shift that day zpt day before. kevin headed up a crew called the devil garden s five, ten inmate firefighters and one bulldozer operator. they had just contained a spot fire on the hillside. i turned around and saw these trees on fire. the fire was then about to overrun the dozer. none of them could see the
authorities prepare for a lengthy standoff but suddenly a single gunshot. we were unaware if this was somebody who was actually barricaded at this point, if he had committed suicide, or what the situation was. within just a few minutes of all this happening, the bulldozer shutting off, the tactical teams from the denver metro area and the front range begin arriving. unsure whether or not this is a ploy, sheriff trainor keeps the teams on high alert while they attempt to find a way into the dozer. finally, many, many hours later, they were able to actually use a cutting torch and cut into the top of the tank or the bulldozer through where that air-conditioning unit was. and determine at that point that mr. heemeyer her died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. sheriff s deputies later find his writings which lay out his grievances with the town and his reasons for the rampage.
he s talking about events that happened to african-americans, right, like how they changed and made it better. i wouldn t recommend live in in roseland because it s violent. my friend just not shot in the head. and i actually lost my boyfriend last year, he passed away due to gun violence. he attended finger. everybody knew that was my boyfriend. ms. dozer, she attended his funeral. she now how much that affected me. i don t want to talk about that no more. reporter: maggie as her sights set on college next year but she s anxious. until she leaves roseland, anything can happen. nowadays. they just shoot. it will be a grandma, it will be kids in the crowd. they see one person they don t like and they get to shooting at the whole crowd. reporter: liz depends on the police to help keep fenger safe so she goes to meet the new