Fred Andrew Ettleman, a 79-year-old Vietnam veteran and long-time State Farm agent based in southern Colorado, was fatally shot on February 24, 2023, in the King Soopers parking lot on West Northern Avenue in Pueblo. The shooting happened about 8:22 p.m.; emergency crews took him to a local hospital where he died of his wounds. He lived in Rye and maintained offices in Colorado City and Walsenburg.

His death was one of two homicides in Pueblo within about two hours that evening, though investigators say the incidents appear unrelated. The Pueblo Police Department asked the public for help identifying a possible suspect vehicle and has continued to work the investigation.

If anyone was near the King Soopers that night or has information about a vehicle seen in the area around 8:22 p.m., please come forward.