Posted on 02/14/2024 7:22:41 AM PST by V_TWIN
ELBERT COUNTY, Colo. — A child custody exchange in Colorado turned deadly on Sunday when the father of a 4-year-old was fatally shot by his ex-girlfriend’s fiancé, authorities said.
According to a news release from the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office, Jeffrey Church, 26, of Colorado Springs, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder.
The victim was identified as Michael Bolan, 36, of Parker, The Denver Gazette reported. He had gone to a gas station for a custody exchange with his former girlfriend in the community located 25 miles southeast of Denver, USA Today reported.
Deputies responded to a call at about 3 p.m. MST on Sunday in Parker, an unincorporated area of Elbert County.
The sheriff’s office said Bolan and Church allegedly had an argument that escalated, according to KUSA-TV. A 911 caller told the dispatcher that the two men were fighting and that one man, identified as Church, allegedly pulled out a gun and shot Bolan, the television station reported.
According to the sheriff’s office, the deputy responding to the scene began life-saving measures for the victim, who had been shot in the chest. Elizabeth Fire Rescue personnel arrived and took over CPR efforts and Bolan was taken to Advent Health Parker, where he was pronounced dead, the sheriff’s office said.
An investigation is ongoing.
Church is scheduled to appear in court on Feb. 20, KUSA reported.
This is why divorce is so destructive.
That’s another problem.....they weren’t even married.
“His ex-girlfriend”
This is why you don’t have children out of wedlock.
everybody getting shot lately.
Yep. A massive problem, but it's been normalized through a degenerate culture.
Marriage isn’t the problem, destructive leftist policies and propaganda are….
Clearly he's a danger to Mommy's Old Boyfriend as well.
Part of the destructive leftist policies and propaganda is that marriage is an outdated and irrelevant institution.
Just stupid. Now all of their lives are significantly damaged.
“Clearly he’s a danger to Mommy’s Old Boyfriend as well”
Well, he WAS anyway
Even at my age I can still recall memories from 3 years old, so if this kid saw it, it will undoubtedly be a life long mental scar
The Prince of this world
His logic is simple: if there is no heaven there is no hell; if there is no hell, then there is no sin; if there is no sin, then there is no judge, and if there is no judgement then evil is good and good is evil. ~Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
This is one of several shootings I have read about recently involving a custody handoff recently.
Seems like the boyfriends need to be banned from being involved in custody handoffs and if that is a problem, LE needs to step in. Wonder what the wives’ involvement is.
Perhaps the woman should be charged with contributing to the murder by having her latest sperm donor tag along to the exchange which is done of his damn business.
It’s a mess thsts for sure.
Is one of them all covered in tattoos?
Not sure of the picture I just saw.
(if part of this story)
Yes, that poor little girl is the one I feel sorry for.
Her mom’s idiot boyfriend apparently has no impulse control and has now shattered a few people’s lives as a result.
No pics I know of
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