{"id":188355,"date":"2023-10-31T01:52:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T01:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=188355"},"modified":"2023-10-31T01:52:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T01:52:56","slug":"man-20-in-body-armor-with-guns-found-dead-at-colorado-adventure-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/world-news\/man-20-in-body-armor-with-guns-found-dead-at-colorado-adventure-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Man, 20, in body armor with guns found dead at Colorado adventure park"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Man, 20, in full body armor is found dead at Colorado adventure park armed with an assault rifle, handgun and multiple IEDs<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Diego Barajas Medina, from Carbondale, was found on Saturday morning at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park, 160 miles east of Denver<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Police say the Barajas Medina, who lived nearby with his brother and mother, killed himself rather than carry out his planned attack<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A message was found near his body saying:\u00a0&#8216;I am not a killer, I just want to get into the caves&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A heavily armed man killed himself rather than carry out an apparent plan to shoot up a mountaintop amusement park in Colorado, authorities said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Diego Barajas Medina, 20, was found dead in a women&#8217;s bathroom by a maintenance crew at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park on Saturday morning, before it opened to the public.<\/p>\n<p>He apparently entered the park while it was closed, armed with an AR-style rifle, a semi-automatic handgun and explosives.<\/p>\n<p>Barajas Medina was wearing body armor and tactical clothing, similar to what a police SWAT team member might wear, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>A message was written on a wall of the bathroom where the man was found lying on the floor, saying: &#8216;I am not a killer, I just want to get into the caves.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/00\/77197829-12690957-image-a-36_1698710488436.jpg\" height=\"355\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Glenwood Caverns theme park is located in Glenwood Springs, 160 miles east of Denver<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/00\/77197357-12690957-FILE_People_ride_the_Giant_Canyon_Swing_at_Glenwood_Caverns_Adve-m-35_1698710430460.jpg\" height=\"951\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>People ride the Giant Canyon Swing at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park in Glenwood Springs, Colorado<\/p>\n<p>Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario said a handgun and explosive devices were nearby &#8211; some real and some fake.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The AR-style rifle was on a counter nearby along with a duty belt holding several ammunition magazines.<\/p>\n<p>Vallario could not say for certain that the man left the message.<\/p>\n<p>There were no prior indications, either at home or school, suggesting the man was planning an attack, Vallario said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But he noted that investigators have not conducted any in-depth interviews yet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0FBI will help review Barajas Medina&#8217;s phone records and social media postings as part of the investigation, he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Given the preparation, given the amount of weapons and ordinance he had it almost seemed very highly likely he intended to use those against the community. He chose not to,&#8217; Vallario said.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple improvised explosive devices were found in Barajas Medina&#8217;s vehicle, police had said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/00\/77197831-12690957-image-a-37_1698710691350.jpg\" height=\"355\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Glenwood Caverns is located in a remote hilltop spot, 160 miles east of Denver<\/p>\n<p>Authorities searched the rest of the park for other explosives but suggested no others were found.<\/p>\n<p>The park would likely be crowded on a fall weekend during hunting season when people go to the mountains to see the changing autumn colors, Vallario said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And given the park&#8217;s isolated location, which visitors take a gondola to normally, it would have been difficult to get any wounded to the hospital, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Barajas Medina was from the nearby town of Carbondale, where he lived with his mother and brother.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A search of his room by law enforcement found nothing to indicate explosives and he had no known criminal history or prior encounters with police, the sheriff said.<\/p>\n<p>The weapons found on the man were ghost guns, which do not have serial numbers and therefore cannot be traced.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His clothing had patches and emblems that gave the appearance of him being associated with law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the suspected explosives turned out to be fakes &#8211; including several that looked like hand grenades &#8211; but others were real, the sheriff said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, there was no evidence to suggest that explosive devices had been placed elsewhere inside the park, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators believe the man drove up to the park on a service road.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/00\/77197833-12690957-image-a-38_1698710864716.jpg\" height=\"355\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The park is in a remote area, and the local sheriff said he was immensely relieved the planned attack did not take place<\/p>\n<p>The park, which is surrounded by state-owned public land, is on a mountain above the Colorado River in western Colorado.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Its attractions include cave tours, an alpine coaster and a pendulum swing ride perched on the edge of a cliff that sends riders over the river canyon.<\/p>\n<p>No employees or visitors were on scene when the man entered the park, according to a statement issued on Monday by Glenwood Caverns.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Barajas Medina was found outside of restricted areas where rides are located, according to the park.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This very sad and tragic incident reminds us how much our Glenwood Springs community means to us,&#8217; said Nancy Heard, general manager of Glenwood Caverns.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12690957\/Glenwood-Caverns-Adventure-Park-colorado-armed-man.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man, 20, in full body armor is found dead at Colorado adventure park armed with an assault rifle, handgun and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188354,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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