On the morning of Tuesday, August 19, Callum Heskett, a Colorado Parks & Wildlife Seasonal Ranger at Staunton State Park, radioed for help, saying he’d been stabbed. According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Heskett said the subject ran away from the scene and he even gave a description of the alleged attacker, saying it was a male who appeared to be in his thirties with dark hair.

The park was shut down for the day as law enforcement, including SWAT and drone operators, searched for the suspect, and 8,600 residents in the immediate area received a lookout alert. Heskett, 26, was airlifted to a nearby hospital, where he is in stable condition. Two people of interest were detained, interviewed and determined to have no involvement, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Of

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