A man found dead in a vehicle Tuesday evening just west of Parachute had been shot multiple times, the Garfield County Sheriffâs Office said.
The Sheriffâs Office said in a news release that Wayne Moore, 60, was declared dead at the scene.
The Sheriffâs Office is asking for information from the public on the incident.
âWhile the incident is being treated as a homicide, there is no reason to believe there exists an ongoing threat to the public,â the sheriffâs office said.
Sheriffâs deputies had responded to a call at 8:21 p.m. Tuesday about an injured person along U.S. Highway 6. They found Moore in a vehicle parked in a wide area on the shoulder of the highway.
A man was found dead in a vehicle along U.S. Highway 6 just west of Parachute late Tuesday night, according to a news release from the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies with the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office initially were responding to a call of a person who was injured around 8:21 p.m. Tuesday, the news release states.
“Deputies found a deceased male and determined that the subject appeared to be a victim of a homicide,” the release states.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigations, the District’s Attorney’s Office and the Garfield County Coroner also responded to the scene to assist with the investigation.
Three people were killed in unrelated motor vehicle crashes over the course of five days last week.
The first crash occurred shortly after noon on Sunday, May 2, when a vehicle struck a pedestrian near 28½ Road and North Avenue.
A 62-year-old woman was sitting on the northside curb between Carlâs Jr. and O Reilly Auto parts at the exit of East Gate Shopping Center, according to police.
A male, leaving the shopping center in his vehicle, reportedly did not see the woman and struck her with his car. She received medical attention at the scene, but died en route to the hospital.
UPDATE: Garfield County authorities have identified the woman whose body was found north of Rifle near Colorado Highway 13 last week as Sunny Morrisette, age 38, of Rifle.
An autopsy performed May 6, the day after the body was found on private property just off the highway, revealed no injuries that contributed to Morrisette’s death, according to a Monday press release from Garfield County Coroner Robert Glassmire.
“The forensic pathologist will be completing microscopic examination of tissue specimens and waiting for toxicology results before forming an opinion on Ms. Morrisette’s cause of death,” Glassmire said in the release. “The manner of death remains under investigation.”
Authorities are investigating the death of a female whose body was found north of Rifle.
The Garfield County Sheriffâs Office said in a news release that it responded about 2 p.m. Wednesday to a call about a body discovered in a field about 75-100 yards west of Colorado Highway 13 near mile marker 3.
The Garfield County Coronerâs Office was contacted and an autopsy ordered. Sheriffâs spokesman Walt Stowe said no identification was found on the body.