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.
I too won custody as a father against my no good ex-wife. And I did it after running out of money paying attorneys to pretend to fight for custody but not really. So I learned how to represent myself (pro se) and won. Not too shabby for someone who was told in most of my teens and twenties that I had an incurable disease and that my brain would be what kills me by my 40's. Once I realized that the seemingly impossible custody battle was no different from the seemingly impossible disease the Lord already rescued me from, it became a simple matter of pistis faith. I owe the Lord everything, both for eternity and the here and now we're still living.
What the hell is going on in Colorado? Geez. The joint has turned into California Jr. with a large dash of Tijuana and Chicongo.
And the new boyfriend will go to prison for life, the old boyfriend is out of her life forever and she walks away with the kid and no worries about shared custody. A win/win for her.
I think there is a country song out right now that has a similar theme. “Wait in the Truck” by Lainey Wilson.
The baby-daddy goes to the morgue.
The fiancé goes to jail.
The ex-girlfriend:
lots of things happen that we never hear about. stories that bolster the gun grabbers’ narrative, we always hear about.
Not really. End of child support.
Only if she has some other dumb@$$ paying the bills.
The freakin kid is expensive!
The child support money just got slabbed too.
She’ll probably get more money from SS survivors benefits now than she got from child support…….
And she will SS survivor benefits on behalf of her daughter which will be higher than child support.
That is correct, sadly.
Yes, leftism is truly one of satan’s greatest tools.
Exactly.
Any future boyfriends better beware. She should be made to wear a warning sign, "Keep walking, guys, I'm a jinx."
I wonder how people would behave if they knew what awaits them in the World to Come. Life is so incredibly short and physical pleasures so fleeying.
I fear the great aposty is upon us
Odds are she egged the fool on.
AMEN!!!! People Please GET MARRIED and STAY MARRIED for the sake of YOURSELVES and YOUR CHILDREN!
my hope would be the child goes to the father’s parents or some relative and the mom goes to jail along with fiancé.
what kind of mom brings a boyfriend for a child visit exchange? unwise woman in many ways.
prayers for the child.
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