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One dead in Rifle shooting

Heidi Rice
hrice@postindependent.com
Glenwood Springs, CO Colorado

RIFLE, Colorado ” One man is dead and another man in custody after a shooting that occurred Monday night in Rifle.

Emergency personnel received the call of a shooting shortly after 7 p.m. at 721 East Ave., according to Rifle Police Chief Daryl Meisner.

“We arrived on the scene a few minutes later and found a deceased male,” Meisner said. “We took an adult male into custody.”



Meisner could not confirm whether the male taken into custody was a suspect in the shooting or a material witness. But he did say the surrounding neighborhood was not in any danger and the investigation would be ongoing.

According to a neighbor, the home was a rental unit.


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