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After being called to a report of a dead body Thursday afternoon, Mesa County Sheriffâs Office announced that it is investigating the death as a homicide.
The incident happened around 3:30 p.m. on Thursday outside of a residence on White Ave near 32 3/8 Road.
When deputies arrived, an adult male was found with a gunshot wound. Lifesaving measures were unsuccessful, and he died at the scene.
Witnesses reported seeing a black Jeep Liberty leave the scene. Deputies located the vehicle matching the description abandoned in the parking lot for the Clifton Nature Park on D Road.
Investigators are still looking to speak with two persons of interest related to this shooting â Frank W. Kurtz and Charity E. Perschbacher.
Luis Arballo-Rodriguez, a 30-year-old male resident of Grand Junction, has been identified as the individual who died in a car crash at the Colorado National Monument earlier this week.
The Mesa County Coronerâs Office said the cause of death is multiple blunt force injuries. The manner of death is pending as well as toxicology. It did not appear that he was wearing a seatbelt at the time of incident, the coronerâs office reports.
The National Park Service is overseeing the investigation.
The majority of Mesa County services will be closed on Monday Jan. 18 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
One Person Dead in Car Crash on Colorado National Monument
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One person has sadly passed away in a car crash on the Colorado National Monument in Grand Junction. The Colorado National Monument released that a 30-year-old man was found dead, according to KKCO.
The Colorado National Monument believes that the 30-year-old man passed away on the night of January 10th in a car crash. The car crash was found by someone on foot, who found the wreckage on the east hill of the monument, according to KKCO.
Sadly, the 30-year-old man was found dead in the crash. The Colorado National Monument has established that the 30-year-old was the only person in the vehicle. According to KKCO, the vehicle is being removed from the crash location today, January 12, 2020.
2020 will easily see the highest death total the county has ever recorded, Mesa County Coroner Victor Yahn said.
âLast year was record-breaking and this year we will beat that by 100 (coroner) calls,â he said.
As of Friday, the Mesa County Coronerâs Office has been on 840 death calls so far this year. Last year, the office had 787 total calls for the year. The number of death calls does not represent all the fatalities that occur in the county.
The culprit for the uptick in deaths is no mystery. Mesa County Public Health numbers on Saturday noted that 83 people with COVID-19 have died in Mesa County since the pandemic began, 62 directly from the disease. The county tracks deaths in two ways; deaths among COVID-19 cases and deaths due to COVID-19. The former category includes deaths for those who tested positive for the virus, but who may have died from other complications. The later category is limited specifically to deaths from the coronavirus.