{"id":30921,"date":"2023-10-31T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/man-found-dead-at-glenwood-caverns-adventure-park-had-multiple-bombs-semi-automatic-weapons-on-him\/"},"modified":"2023-10-31T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T11:00:00","slug":"man-found-dead-at-glenwood-caverns-adventure-park-had-multiple-bombs-semi-automatic-weapons-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/man-found-dead-at-glenwood-caverns-adventure-park-had-multiple-bombs-semi-automatic-weapons-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Man found dead at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park had multiple bombs, semi-automatic weapons on him"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=e46c5eb3-36b2-5e4f-9b89-6825779bab5e&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" alt=\"Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park in Glenwood Springs. (Stina Sieg\/CPR News)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park in Glenwood Springs. (Stina Sieg\/CPR News)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Authorities have not named the suspect, but a statement issued Monday afternoon identified him as a 22-year-old man from the Carbondale area. It appears the man broke into Glenwood Caverns after hours and was not directly tied to the park.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was dressed in black colored tactical clothing, bearing patches and emblems that gave the appearance of being associated with law enforcement,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s statement said. \u201cThe suspect had been heavily armed with a semi-automatic rifle and semi-automatic handgun and multiple, loaded magazines for both weapons. He was wearing body armor and what appeared to be a ballistic helmet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Improvised explosives were also found with the man\u2019s body and in his vehicle, which was left outside the park\u2019s entrance. The Grand Junction Bomb Squad successfully disarmed the bombs and swept the park for hidden devices alongside the Garfield County All Hazard Response Team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile this investigation is still ongoing and very active it is important to realize that given the amount of weaponry, ammunition and explosive devices found, the suspect could have implemented an attack of devastating proportions upon our community and first responders,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Before announcing the weapons\u2019 discovery, authorities also searched the man\u2019s home. They have not announced what was found there, but confirmed there is currently no threat to the public. The amusement park is closed indefinitely as the investigation continues.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second death at the park in two years. A 6-year-old girl, Wongel Estifanos, died in September 2021 after a worker failed to properly secure her restraints before starting up a ride.<\/p>\n<p>Estifanos\u2019s family witnessed her fall 110 feet to her death while on the Haunted Mine Drop. Nobody was charged in her death, and a wrongful-death lawsuit the family brought against Glenwood Caverns is still pending.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park in Glenwood Springs. (Stina Sieg\/CPR News) Authorities have not named the suspect, but a statement issued Monday afternoon identified him as a 22-year-old man from the Carbondale area. It appears the man broke into Glenwood Caverns after hours and was not directly tied to the park. \u201cHe was dressed in black [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[120,28,993,2310],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-30921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-colorado","tag-headlines","tag-investigation","tag-weaponry"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30921"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=30921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}