A tragic scene unfolded Saturday at an amusement park in Colorado when a 22-year-old man was discovered lifeless in a ladies’s rest room with weapons and explosives. Authorities consider he deliberate to assault the visitors.
Diego Barajas Medina was discovered lifeless Saturday morning at Glenwood Caverns Journey Park in Glenwood Springs, Colorado earlier than it was open to the general public. Medina allegedly entered the park whereas it was closed.
Authorities discovered a number of explosive gadgets, a semi-automatic rifle, a semi-automatic handgun and magazines for each weapons at Medina’s location.
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“To say the least, we’re extraordinarily completely happy that he did not undergo with the plan that he might have supposed,” Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario stated at a information convention Monday. “We do not see any historical past, we do not see any motive, we do not see any motive. He was simply fully below the radar.”
Visitors journey the Big Canyon Swing at Glenwood Caverns Journey Park (GCAP by way of Jack Affleck)
Medina, of Carbondale, Colorado, was discovered carrying protecting gear, a ballistic helmet and a number of patches, indicating he was concerned with legislation enforcement, however authorities haven’t revealed how he obtained the patches.
“Whereas this investigation continues to be ongoing and really energetic, it is very important perceive that given the quantity of weapons, ammunition and explosive gadgets discovered, the suspect was able to finishing up an assault of a devastating scale on our group and first responders can be responding,” Vallario stated in a press release. for the general public.
The theme park had been closed to the general public since Tuesday, and authorities stated in a press release posted on Fb that “no additional info can be launched” relating to the case.
Medina’s demise is being dominated a suicide resulting from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
“This very unhappy and tragic incident reminds us how a lot our Glenwood Springs group means to us,” Glenwood Caverns Basic Supervisor Nancy Heard stated on behalf of the amusement park in a press release.
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Glenwood Caverns Journey Park initially opened to the general public in 1895 earlier than being closed at first of World Conflict I and reopened in 1999.
To get to the park, guests journey a gondola alongside the mountain, which might have made it extraordinarily tough to convey victims to close by hospitals if Medina had carried out the assault.
The park is known for its “fairy caves” constructed into the mountain vary and has expanded over time to incorporate extra household points of interest and rides.