Suspect in Officer Shooting Death Committed Suicide
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MONTROSE — A man who allegedly shot and killed Montrose Police Officer David Kinterknecht and wounded two others committed suicide with a gunshot wound to the head, according to Dr. Thomas Canfield, Montrose County coroner.

Canfield reported that the suspect, Dennis Gurney, 52, died “as a direct result of a gunshot wound to his head from a handgun” and had no other wounds.

After a half-hour standoff, Kinterknecht was shot and died of a single shotgun round causing “multiple wounds to his left lateral chest,” according to a county news release.

The shootings occurred at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Services for Kinterknecht, at which the governor and other dignitaries will speak, is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at Lloyd McMillan Gymnasium at Montrose High. It is open to the public.

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