ARMY CAPTAIN SHOT, KILLED IN SPRINGS

A captain in the Army was fatally shot early Saturday in Colorado Springs, and police are asking for the public’s help finding the killer.

Capt. Daniel Chamberlain Lehman, 28, who was stationed at Fort Carson, was shot about 2 a.m. near the intersection of South Nevada Avenue and Costilla Street, according to police. Lehman was a West Point graduate.

Anyone with information on the shooting, or on a possible suspect, is asked to call police at 7194447000. Tips can be made to 7196347867 or to 18002228477.

Tribe awarded $1.6 million for public safety.

The Ute Mountain Ute tribe has been awarded more than $1.6 million from the federal government to fight crime and improve public safety.

The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday announced the grants aimed at improving public safety among Indian tribes.

In Colorado, the Ute Mountain Ute tribe received $1,646,931, according to a news release. Public safety and community policing will receive $898,918, and tribal justice systems and alcohol and substance abuse programs will receive $748,013, according to a news release.

“Productivity and prosperity can only grow where crime is reduced,” said Bob Troyer, U.S. attorney for Colorado.

The grants announcement was made at the Four Corners Indian Country Conference, which is being held in Santa Fe.

State officials doubt bear attack happened.

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State wildlife officials investigating a report of a bear attack on a trail in Golden Gate Canyon State Park said Wednesday night that the attack didn’t happen.

After an investigation of the area and subsequent interview with the woman, who claimed she had been attacked, Colorado Parks and Wildlife investigators “determined that no bear attack occurred,” wildlife officials said.

“Law enforcement is still gathering facts to figure out the source of the injuries,” said Jason Clay, a spokesman for Parks and Wildlife. “We do not have any suspicion of foul play. We are not looking for a suspect. Her injuries are not consistent with what you would see with a bear attack.”

Clay said he did not know whether the woman recanted her claims to authorities about being attacked by a bear. “Wildlife officers and park rangers searched a 2acre area around the scene, which was on the Coyote Trail at the state park, and did not find any evidence of wildlife active in the area,” the news release said.

Three accused of trying to manipulate U.S. government contracts.

Three people have been arrested on charges of trying to steer U.S. government contracts to specific companies in exchange for bribes or sham training fees.

The U.S. attorney’s office in Denver said Wednesday the three face charges including paying and receiving bribes and conspiracy.

Prosecutors say they tried to manipulate two Veterans Affairs Department contracts for medical equipment so that clients of two of the defendants would get the business.

The defendants are 54yearold Dwane Nevins, 59yearold Robert Revis and 43yearold Anthony Bueno. Revis declined to comment. No phone numbers could be found for Nevins and Bueno.

Prosecutors say Nevins works for a VA contracting office in Colorado, and Revis and Bueno had a consulting business whose clients would allegedly get the contracts.

Nevins also faces an extortion charge.

Colorado Senate candidate shot at while sitting in her truck, sheriff says.

Authorities say a truck belonging to a candidate for state Senate was shot last week in an apparently random attack.

A spokesman for the Larimer County sheriff said the investigation is just beginning but that the shooting appears random. Democrat Rebecca Cranston says a bullet went through her truck as she sat in her driveway talking on her cellphone last week. She was not hurt.

Investigators are probing two other shootings in the vicinity from May and June and trying to see if they’re related.

Cranston is running for an open state Senate seat representing the area outside of Fort Collins.

Remains found near Guffey in area where man went missing.

Authorities say they believe human remains found recently in Colorado are those of a man who went missing in 2017.

A group with search dogs found the remains Sept. 5 near Guffey, about 40 miles west of Colorado Springs. The team was searching for 47yearold William Iovenko, who went missing in April 2017, and whose car was found in the area.

Park County officials continue to investigate whether the remains are indeed Iovenko’s. The cause of death also remains under investigation.