LOVELAND – The overnight killing of a man on a sidewalk in this northern Colorado city has raised alarm that a serial shooter might be trolling the area’s roads after a bicyclist recently was gunned down and a driver was wounded nearby.
Police and the FBI have refused to comment on whether a serial shooter is on the loose. But they offered a $10,000 reward for information in the first two unsolved shootings, which authorities say are related, though they haven’t said how. In one, a bicyclist was found dead along a rural road about 15 miles away. In the other, a woman driving along Interstate 25 about 15 miles away was shot in the neck but survived.
Officials say it’s too early to know if the Loveland shooting is connected.
In that case, a 65-year-old man was found lying on a sidewalk along a main street Wednesday night, and responders were unable to save his life. Police have not released his name, but family and neighbors identified him as William Connole, a cancer survivor who often took late-night walks through his quiet neighborhood.
