{"id":1313280,"date":"2019-08-07T19:59:55","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T01:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=985654"},"modified":"2019-08-08T08:37:58","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T14:37:58","slug":"coroner-man-shot-on-rifle-bridge-by-police-died-of-bullet-wounds-to-chest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/coroner-man-shot-on-rifle-bridge-by-police-died-of-bullet-wounds-to-chest\/","title":{"rendered":"Coroner: Man shot on Rifle bridge by police died of bullet wounds to chest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Police set up a roadblock on the Colorado River Bridge on Highway 13 heading into Rifle at the main I-70 interchange Monday evening after the officer-involved shooting.<\/strong>
Kyle Mills\/Citizen Telegram-Post Independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Garfield County Coroner Robert Glassmire has released the cause of death for a Rifle man shot by police on the Colorado River Bridge at Rifle Monday as resulting from two gunshot wounds to the chest.<\/p>\n

Allan George, 57, was shot and died a short time later at Grand River Hospital after a confrontation with Rifle police officers during an arrest attempt around 7:20 p.m. Monday.<\/p>\n

Two police officers remain on paid administrative leave while the investigation is ongoing. The coroner\u2019s office is investigating the manner of death as a homicide \u2014 meaning the death came at the hands of another person. <\/p>\n

\u201cAs most coroner and medical examiner offices in the U.S., the Garfield County Coroner\u2019s Office follows the National Association of Medical Examiners Guide for Manner of Death Classification, which provide five basic categories of \u2018manner\u2019 of death,\u201d Glassmire explained in a press release issued late Wednesday evening. <\/p>\n

\u201cNone of these categories, including \u2018homicide,\u2019 necessarily means a crime was or was not committed,\u201d he said of the investigation procedure. \u201cA determination regarding whether the death of a person was the result of a crime is determined by the criminal justice system.\u201d <\/p>\n

George was shot and killed during the confrontation after police had stopped the vehicle he was driving on the state Highway 13 bridge, just north of the main Rifle exit on Interstate 70. The officers were attempting to arrest George on a warrant<\/a> related to a child pornography charge out of Eagle County. <\/p>\n

Further information about the nature of the child sexual exploitation charges against George has not yet been made available by Eagle County Courts.<\/p>\n

The incident occurred shortly after 7 p.m., and resulted in the highway being closed until early Tuesday morning while the scene was being investigated.<\/p>\n

George was transported to Grand River Hospital but was pronounced dead shortly after the incident.<\/p>\n

Garfield County Sheriff\u2019s Office spokesman Walt Stowe said Tuesday that George had a gun, and police appeared to have followed protocol.<\/p>\n

A judge in Eagle County issued a warrant for George\u2019s arrest earlier Monday. When police got to George on the bridge, \u201cthings escalated,\u201d Stowe said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had a gun, and the Rifle Police Department responded initially, to my knowledge, according to protocol,\u201d Stowe said<\/p>\n

A sheriff\u2019s press release stated that, \u201cfor the health, safety and welfare of the general public, as well as the officers present, shots were fired.\u201d<\/p>\n

No police officers were injured during the confrontation, Stowe said.<\/p>\n

The officers involved in the shooting have been placed on administrative leave, and the Rifle Police Department will perform an administrative review, Rifle Police Chief Tommy Klein said Monday.<\/p>\n

A special 9th Judicial District Critical Incident Team, made up of area law enforcement agencies, is investigating the incident, and is asking any witnesses of the shooting to contact Investigator Matt Jenness at 970-665-0220.<\/p>\n

jstroud@postindependent.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Police set up a roadblock on the Colorado River Bridge on Highway 13 heading into Rifle at the main I-70 interchange Monday evening after the officer-involved shooting.Kyle Mills\/Citizen Telegram-Post Independent Garfield County Coroner Robert Glassmire has released the cause of death for a Rifle man shot by police on the Colorado River Bridge at Rifle […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1313280","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-21 23:08:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1313280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1313280"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1313280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1313296,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1313280\/revisions\/1313296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1313280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1313280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1313280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}