One of the Mesa County Library's accomplishments for the year 2020 would be the installation of six imaginative sculpture benches created by local artists.
Clifton Homicide Leaves One Dead, Police Look For Suspects
Mesa County authorities are investigating a homicide that occurred Thursday afternoon in Clifton.
According to the Mesa County Sheriff s Office, deputies were called out to a residence on White Avenue, near 32 3/8 Road where they found an adult male with a gunshot wound. Life-saving measures were unsuccessful and the man died at the scene. His identity has not yet been released.
Rocky Mountain Elementary School was put on shelter-in-place while deputies investigated the incident.
A black Jeep Liberty was reportedly spotted leave the scene, and deputies found the vehicle matching the description abandoned in the parking lot of the Clifton Nature Park on D Road. Deputies searched the area but believed whoever left the car was no longer in the vicinity.