On February 24, 2016, Corporal Nathaniel Alan Nate Carrigan, 35, a 13-year veteran of the Park County Sheriff’s Office in Bailey, Colorado, was killed while serving a high-risk eviction at a home on Iris Drive. Carrigan and seven other deputies entered after the resident, 58-year-old Martin Wirth, briefly came outside and then retreated into the house. Wirth opened fire with a rifle as deputies followed, and Carrigan was struck by a single bullet that pierced his heart and lung in an area not covered by his ballistic vest.

Two other deputies were wounded: Captain Mark Hancock was grazed in the ear and Deputy Kolby Martin sustained multiple lower-body gunshot wounds. Wirth was shot 11 times and died from return fire; his autopsy found marijuana in his system. Carrigan was remembered as a dedicated officer and a coach for the local high school’s football and baseball teams.