Colorado man with explosives, wearing tactical gear dies at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park
Source: CBS News
Updated on: October 31, 2023 / 12:35 AM
The Garfield County Coroner has identified a man found dressed in tactical gear and surrounded by weapons, ammunition and explosives -- both fake and real -- in the popular Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park as a 20-year-old from Carbondale. Diego Barajas Medina died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, said Garfield County Coroner Robert Glassmire. His body was found in a women's restroom next to a message written on the wall that read, "I am not a killer, I just wanted to get into the caves."
Medina was dressed in black-colored tactical clothing, with patches and emblems that gave the appearance of being associated with law enforcement, according to the Garfield County Sheriff's Office. He was heavily armed with a semi-automatic rifle and semi-automatic handgun and multiple loaded magazines for both weapons. The guns were ghost guns or self-made weapons, said Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario.
Medina was also wearing body armor and what appeared to be a ballistic helmet, according to investigators. Authorities found several fake hand grenades in addition to real and fake pipe bombs, some of which were around his body. The Grand Junction Bomb Squad responded to the scene and rendered the devices safe.
The discovery of Medina's body follows the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine last week, which left 18 dead and another 13 injured. "This level of armament exceeded that. Now again, some of it was fake, some of it was novelty hand grenades, but the amount of ammunition, the amount of the AR, the handgun, the magazines, the fact that he actually did have explosives," said Vallario.
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Heard this on the radio this morning.
It almost sounds like he was trying to cosplay something out of one of the FPS games like Call of Duty. The terrain where this park is located seems like the type of place to do that sort of thing (when you're not all there and you conflate fiction with reality).
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