Deputy Jeremy Juhl, 36, and other officers responded to "several heavily armed men" along Loop Road in the southern part of the county. They started taking fire from one of the outbuildings there shortly after their arrival and started shooting back. A person was killed in the firefight. Juhl was wounded in his left side by either some shrapnel or a shotgun pellet.
Victim's Name: William Bacorn
Agency Responsible: El Paso County Sheriff's Office
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Race: White
Date of Death: July 22, 2018
County: El Paso
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Official Disposition: Pending investigation/No Known Charges
Criminal Charges: No known charges
Mental Illness: No
Armed: Allegedly Armed
Weapon: gun
Threat Level: attack
Fleeing: Not fleeing
Body Camera: No
Washington Post Database ID: 3906
Geography: Rural