David Joseph Kinterknecht, 41, was killed while on duty in Montrose, Colorado, after responding to a domestic violence call on the evening of July 25, 2009. A longtime law enforcement officer who had served with the Telluride Marshal’s Office, the San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office, the Montrose County Sheriff’s Office and the Montrose Police Department, he had been with Montrose PD for ten years and also volunteered as a firefighter.

Officers were speaking with the complainant at a residence on 64.50 Road when a man fired a shotgun from an adjacent garage, striking Sergeant Kinterknecht in the chest outside the protection of his ballistic vest. Two other officers were shot in the same attack. The shooter then barricaded himself in the garage and was found dead; investigators concluded he acted alone and no arrests were made.

Kinterknecht’s death was widely mourned in the community; in November 2018 the Montrose Post Office was renamed the Sergeant David Kinterknecht Post Office in his honor. Did anyone in the area observe the scene on 64.50 Road that night or have information about the events leading up to the shooting?