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Father fatally shot during custody exchange of 4-year-old daughter
kiro7.com ^ | February 13, 2024 | Bob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group

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.


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To: eyeamok
That is a Very TRUE statement, which is why when my daughter was 6 (1994) and I broke up with the egg donor, I fought like hell and WON Full Custody and she got monitored visitation at my discretion.

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.

21 posted on 02/14/2024 8:03:34 AM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: V_TWIN

What the hell is going on in Colorado? Geez. The joint has turned into California Jr. with a large dash of Tijuana and Chicongo.


22 posted on 02/14/2024 8:04:09 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (I don't think the Founding Fathers intended to have a government that pushes Americans around.)
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To: V_TWIN

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.


23 posted on 02/14/2024 8:04:58 AM PST by redangus ( )
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To: V_TWIN
fatally shot by his ex-girlfriend’s fiancé

The baby-daddy goes to the morgue.

The fiancé goes to jail.

The ex-girlfriend:


24 posted on 02/14/2024 8:10:35 AM PST by silent_jonny (Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin, Joe. The feet are at the door (Acts 5:9) 9-18-21)
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To: V_TWIN

lots of things happen that we never hear about. stories that bolster the gun grabbers’ narrative, we always hear about.


25 posted on 02/14/2024 8:15:48 AM PST by xoxox
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To: silent_jonny

Not really. End of child support.


26 posted on 02/14/2024 8:18:46 AM PST by Fido969
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To: silent_jonny

Only if she has some other dumb@$$ paying the bills.

The freakin kid is expensive!

The child support money just got slabbed too.


27 posted on 02/14/2024 8:58:12 AM PST by L,TOWM (An upraised middle finger is my virtue signal.)
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To: L,TOWM

She’ll probably get more money from SS survivors benefits now than she got from child support…….


28 posted on 02/14/2024 9:01:26 AM PST by Reddy (BO stinks)
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To: redangus

And she will SS survivor benefits on behalf of her daughter which will be higher than child support.


29 posted on 02/14/2024 9:04:54 AM PST by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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To: fwdude

That is correct, sadly.


30 posted on 02/14/2024 9:07:37 AM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: mikelets456

Yes, leftism is truly one of satan’s greatest tools.


31 posted on 02/14/2024 9:08:13 AM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Exactly.


32 posted on 02/14/2024 9:09:15 AM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: redangus
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.

Any future boyfriends better beware. She should be made to wear a warning sign, "Keep walking, guys, I'm a jinx."

33 posted on 02/14/2024 9:09:15 AM PST by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: V_TWIN

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.


34 posted on 02/14/2024 9:24:59 AM PST by montag813
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To: montag813

I fear the great aposty is upon us


35 posted on 02/14/2024 9:47:55 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: glennaro

Odds are she egged the fool on.


36 posted on 02/14/2024 9:54:20 AM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: dayglored

AMEN!!!! People Please GET MARRIED and STAY MARRIED for the sake of YOURSELVES and YOUR CHILDREN!


37 posted on 02/14/2024 9:56:37 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: V_TWIN

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.


38 posted on 02/14/2024 5:17:07 PM PST by b4me
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