Michael Dean Bryan, 40, of Pine, Colorado, was shot and killed on October 24, 2020. Bryan, a family man who ran Bryan Enterprises Inc., a hay brokerage and sales company, was described as a devoted husband to Leah and father to two children, Kelton and Kaia. Deputies responded just before 8 p.m. to a reported shooting in the 5000 block of McIntyre Street near Golden and found Bryan with a gunshot wound; he was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead.

Investigators say the confrontation occurred on the property where Bryan was found. Authorities arrested 49-year-old William Robert Taft, who lived on that property, on suspicion of first-degree murder. Taft was held without bond at the Jefferson County jail and was charged by the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office with first-degree murder after deliberation, attempted murder, possession of a weapon by a previous offender, possession of a prohibited large-capacity magazine, possession of a defaced firearm, two counts of violation of a protective order, and two violent crime counts.

Does anyone have information about Bryan’s last known movements that evening or about the events at the McIntyre Street property?