Deck, paused and then went back inside. We understand that the deputies followed him inside and thats where the shooting happened. The suspect fired at the deputies and they exchanged fire. The suspect died in the shootout. Susan medina with the department of investigation says that the focus should be on the deputy who lost his life. He served his community in a superior way. He made the ultimate sacrifice today in his service to that community. As we go into the evening and we do things with our families, we ask that you keep the entire family in your thoughts and prayers. Turn on your porch light and talk about Nate Carrigan. Reporter the sheriff here will eventually speak about Nate Carrigan. He definitely has some other things to take care of tonight. I got an email from a friend of Nate Carrigan and a graduate we have a glimpse into who he was. She said, it is hard to know what to say at a time like this. Nathan was my friend and he is a legend. No matter who you talk to, Everybody Knows him and loves him. He had a heart of gold and an old soul. We will have more on 9news. I should tell you that park county is a Small Department of 58 deputies serving a large geographical area. There are smaller numbers of folks that live up here in the mountains. In comparison, the Jefferson County sheriff put sheriffs officer has 540 officers. It is a Small Department and this home no matter how large or small the department is. The fraternal order of police tell us that 14 colorado officers died or were injured excuse me, 14 were injured the line of duty. The man shot by the sheriffs deputies today was an antiforeclosure activist who ran with the state senate with the green party. He was involved with anti capitalists and antipolice protests. The Mortgage Company foreclosed on his home. He was part of the colorado foreclosure resistance coalition. They expressed views online ranting against banks and law enforcement. He was accused of killing a man over a game of chess in 1994, was acquitted. He was involved with protests against police, the government and capitalism. The planned Parenthood Shooter was back in court today for competency hearing. Any decision on whether he stands trial will not take place until next month. Apparently the evaluation of he wants to represent himself. He has had several outbursts in Previous Court appearances. Dear told the judge he would like to Say Something which the judge denied and the trial date has been delayed the next court date is delayed to march 3. A crime happened in january and the victim was a 60year old that 68yearold ed butler who was shot and killed. Investigators say that this pictures that the pictures and butlers trailer shows he had some sort of psychosis. He said things in threes and is shown sitting around in the trailer. Nobody recognizes the man. All along the i70 corridor, there are people that no fear right now. Fear because this kind of stuff doesnt happen in our you dont realize it is there. Reporter in one photo, the suspect is wearing a large watch. He should be considered armed and dangerous. If you see him, call police immediately. It has been two years since the massive flood and crews and loveland are working to remove something that remains. Reporter for native shawn, lakesite provides a perfect view. I am sad to see it go, but im sure it has to. Reporter while her little ones are plain on the gas. If i had her energy. Reporter for the next few weeks, construction crews at Lake Loveland will fill out this massive pile of sand. Taking out more than 18,000 tons from the lake shore. A bunch of people like to play on it. A, i am sure that they have their reasons. Reporter the sandbar was left over from the 2013 flood hangout for loveland residence. But it has to go. According to the Greeley Loveland irrigation district, it poses a threat to the water Distribution System and it limits the amount of water that the lake ann store. While residents say that they will miss the little beach, others say good riddance. It will be nice to have back to the way that it was supposed to be. Reporter Linda Schaefer says that no matter how much fun it is, its a reminder of the 2013 flood. Having it gone will not cause her to lose sleep. I think it is better to get rid of that reminder. Reporter for residents like shauna, it is more than a reminder of hard times. It was an escape that her entire family will miss. In loveland, nick mcgill. It was fun to play on it, it really was. Reporter 9news it will take a couple of weeks to clear out the Colorado Senate will legislation this session. They did not have enough votes for it to pass. The bill would give terminally ill patients an option to terminate life on their terms. The bill sponsors pulled the house. The senate bill the Senate Version died in committee. A School Bus Crash that too seriously. The bus driver admitted to be on drugs at the time. Prosecutor kevin bond started asking questions. We hear from a family whose kids were on the bus tonight at 9 00. It is just a gut you can imagine going through your head. Well, thats okay, it was not fatal, but what did happen . That happen in lions are rare lyons are rare. Its the only one that we could find with a School Bus Driver driving while impaired. There are an average of two School Bus Crashes per day and details. A special report is coming up students are doing better on the advanced placement exams, the ap exams. They score to 3 or higher on the ap exam which is seventh nationally and 5 higher than the national average. 10 years ago, only 16 of the graduating class scored a 3 or better. More than 22,000 students taking the ap exam which was Mesa Verde National park has closed its most popular attraction for the second time in five months. Rock falls and safety concerns have closed this was street house indefinitely. It closed in october so crews could remove material. There is a 3d analysis necessary to finish the stabilization work. You can still see the cliff point. They would not tell us when visitors would be allowed back inside. How to get kids interested how one elementary stool something new. Reporter in paula kneels fifthgrade room, she expects worldclass outcome. Today the class views the world. Sheila and her classmates are getting ready for a mystery skype. Talking with students somewhere in the world. We skype to india and delaware. Reporter to find out where they are from. Two people live in madagascar . It teaches them about other cultures and people. We learn about them as a culture and a country. Reporter is the time nears is everybody excited . We are all excited. I just video. Reporter i first. Are you in australia . A first. Are you in australia . Are you in africa . Reporter eventually both classes figure it out. Is your country new zealand . The languages are english and other languages. Thank you for giving us this privilege. Reporter it is worldclass. Thank you [ applause ]. Coming to you live via skype, the students are talking with other students from wellington, new zealand. The New Zealanders guessed right first. Where am i right now . Somewhere in the station. It looks like you are in the courtroom the control room. That is correct. Tell the crew, nice job on the show so far. We are going to say so long to february with blue skies and warm temperatures. Then clear and chilly in the 9 backyard. I am meteorologist kathy sabine. An overnight low in the teens and then we kick off a warming trend and we will be close to 70 by the weekend. The average this time of year is 47 for the city. Comfortable temperatures and good travel weather on the i70 corridor. Looking ahead toward the next month, el nio is in full swing. Across the west, the midwest and the northeast, cooler temperatures forecast for the southwest and southeastern u. S. Currently at the airport, 37 degrees with wind northeast at 11. Breezy in the backyard with 42 degrees downtown. Now, do something weve been colorado and westward is pretty quiet. Snow and wind around chicago and cincinnati and tornadoes. Already about three dozen tornado reports in the carolinas. The watch and warning criteria were state were extended to washington overnight. Heavy wind and rain is something we will talk about across seven states and something that will impact you if you travel to the eastern sieber seaboard. The wind and snow will create difficult travel conditions from minneapolis to chicago. Compare that to colorado and points west word, warm, dry and lots of sunshine westward, warm, dry and lots of sunshine. The cold air is following this system with highs in the 30s we will have highs in the 50s here and come close to 60 on friday and close to 70 on saturday. Just a few high clouds around area tonight. The wind will diminish and then return tomorrow. There are no high wind watch or warning areas. 11 him for the low in frisco. 17 and rifle. The high in rifle. The high will be a little bit above average tomorrow and they will will shift then we will shift gears with a wind shift and we say goodbye to february with warm temperatures. Tonight here in cold at 19. Tomorrow at lunchtime, mid 40s. Kids will be a will need a jacket at lunchtime. It will be cooler in the afternoon with the little bit of the breeze. Then we jump to the 60s and possibly 70s as we head to the weekend. On the sunday forecast, i push the rain and snow into monday night and tuesday. We will have a cooling trend in the early part of next week. Not terribly cool when they play hockey on the baseball field on saturday. I see how it works. Peyton manning is all about hurry, hurry until it is time for him to make a decision. The broncos are still waiting on waiting on Peyton Manning. Team management has decided to give him a knowledge after waiting for a while. Weve made a decision about once again, its about him taking time to work through things. There is no hurry here. We want him to enjoy which is there. Nothing has changed from that continues to be in place. I think that he and jonathan had conversations. I had a brief conversation with him yesterday. We will probably talk today and i know this week. We want him to take his time and we will work from there. Reporter 9news broncos insider is in minneapolis. Hi mike. Talking to elway and kubiak about . He has to know that the broncos are moving on without him. Reporter i think what is going on his first of all that payton is probably telling john elway and gary kubiak, from what i understand is that Peyton Manning will make some kind of decision by monday, tuesday or wednesday of next week. A week ahead of the deadline. There are a lot of options. One is to retire which i think would be cleanest for the broncos. The other is to get the broncos an option that he needs more time to think about this. To go ahead and move on without me. The other thing is, hang in there broncos, i need more time. Drew, i also think that Peyton Manning is the type that dots his eyes and crosses his tease. I would not speak i would was not filling out is and crosses his ts p i would not be surprised if his agent was not out filling out other teams. Thank you mike. I appreciated. Two players battling the flu headed into this game tonight against the sharks. That may be why he played goalie again. That with the fact that he needs to get loose against the alumni game against the red wings. My dad would have a pool that would say, when it gets dark, you come in and do your homework and focus on school. The fun part was that maybe it was hard for people to understand that when you had wind and you are skating into the wind and you were slow. Back and you have to shovel halfway through the game. You know, it was a natural way to play the game. Reporter it should be fun because all your old favorites will be there. Joe sakic, peter forsberg, adam foote and robert blake as well. A bunch of old players getting back together. They are not that old. In fact, they are young. We the stock market recovered from an early loss and managed to cover across the or thanks to an increase in the price of who took up all the time . We are out of it. [ indiscernible multiple tonight, celine dions performance break down. All by myself she wasnt sure would have the strength to go back on stage withou renee. Mid song she stoped. Behind the scenes of her tearful return to the stage. She reveals she still talks to hes tell meg zip in and start singing. Melania trumps one on one interview since his run. Their surprising love story and e. T. s interview with melania, what she said about her husbands white house ambitions 17 ago. And Chrissy Teigen pregnancy controversy. Why she chose to have a baby girl. Also tonight, Fact Checking the people versus o. J. With Nicole Browns close friend fay res nick. He used to check in the bushes. We would check the bushes all the time to see if o. J. Was out there. I ate cranberries. Why is our own hart having a melt down . Be careful. Very careful. Now for february 25, 2016, this is e. T. Tonight. Breaking down in court today