A domestic dispute on January 23, 2023, in Montrose, Colorado, ended in the fatal shooting of 59-year-old David Lofley. Lofley was at the home he shared with his girlfriend and her 26-year-old son, identified as Elijah Johnson, when an argument over the son’s late-night noise and unemployment escalated. The girlfriend said the argument briefly calmed, then flared again; she turned away, heard a gunshot, and then saw Lofley on the floor and Johnson in a bedroom doorway holding a gun. She said Johnson fired a second shot at Lofley’s head.

Officers who responded found Johnson in the kitchen and arrested him without incident. Lofley was taken to Montrose Regional Health, where he was pronounced dead. Prosecutors later sought a first-degree murder charge, alleging deliberation and intent. The Montrose Police Department and the Montrose County Coroner’s Office handled the investigation.

If anyone in Montrose knew David Lofley or saw or heard anything from that residence on January 23, please share what you remember.