I-25 shooting: "We don't have any solid leads"
Nearly a week since a woman was shot in the neck while driving on Interstate 25 near Fort Collins, the investigation has all but stalled, officials say.
Reports of shattered windows began Tuesday when a "projectile" shattered a window on a Larimer County Sheriff's Office transport van near Mead. About 11:15 p.m. the next day, a Milliken woman was shot in the neck while driving between Harmony Road and Colorado Highway 392. Two more motorists in Larimer and Weld counties reported having their window's shattered while on area roads and highways Wednesday and Thursday.
"We don't see anything that demonstrates that any of the other reports were necessarily gunshots or were related," Sheriff Justin Smith told the Coloradoan Monday, adding that no additional cases have been reported in the area from the weekend. "Even though this still appears to be a random act, we don't see evidence of it being anything serial."
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The investigation — particularly into the woman who was shot — has made local and national headlines, drumming up comparisons to other high-profile road attacks and using phrases like "serial attacker" to describe the events.
Investigators on Tuesday would not reveal ballistic information about the shot that injured the woman, saying those details were critical to the investigation and would not be released while the probe was ongoing. LCSO did say it was the only confirmed case in which a bullet was fired at a vehicle.
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The sheriff's office last week said the only description of the suspect vehicle was that it was a dark-colored SUV. A suspicious and unoccupied vehicle near Mead was located on Thursday and towed to a processing facility, but neither the registered owner nor the vehicle itself are now believed to have been involved in the shooting incident.
The injured Milliken woman told investigators that was the only vehicle she remembers seeing prior to being shot..
"At this point we don't have any solid leads," Smith said.
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Anyone with information regarding the I-25 shooting or any crime is asked to call Larimer County Sheriff's Office at 970-416-1985 or Crime Stoppers at 970-221-6868. You will remain anonymous and possibly be eligible for a cash reward.
Reporter Jason Pohl covers breaking news for the Coloradoan. Follow him on Twitter: @pohl_jason.