1. 1. Dead camper's family asks gunman to come forward DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. - One moment Glenn Martin was waiting to roast marshmallows with his grandchildren by a campfire and the next he was fatally struck by an apparent stray bullet. That's the shocking scene described by Martin's family members during a news conference at the Douglas County Sheriff's Office Monday. Martin, age 60, died after the bullet hit him Friday evening near the Rainbow Falls Park area of the Pike National Forest, sheriff's officials said. His daughter, Carlie, said her dad was talking with his son-in-law, Chris, by the campfire when he suddenly slumped over.
2. 2. They asked him if he was OK and Martin simply said, "No." Carlie said they didn't know whether he'd had a heart attack or was having a bad reaction to a bee sting. They couldn't tell he'd been shot for a while. Unsure what had happened and unable to use their cellphones in the mountains, Chris and Carlie loaded the stricken Martin into a sport utility vehicle and raced to meet first-responders. They kept calling 911 until they were able to report the medical emergency. Martin's grief-stricken family members wept as they described the sudden chaos of that night. "It was done very quickly, very graphically -- in front of my children. They shouldn't have to lose their grandfather," Carlie said, sobbing as she referred to her father's death. Carlie's husband, Chris, said, "I lost my best friend. He was a good guy to look up to. I looked up to him a lot." Family members said they had heard distant gunshots a while before Martin collapsed. They reported the gunfire to a ranger, because using firearms is prohibited in that area of the national forest. Now, the family is urging whoever fired the errant shot to come forward. "It just happened. You never know when you're going to go. You can be sitting at a campfire waiting to roast marshmallows with your grandchildren talking to your son in law and you're just done," Carlie said. At this time, sheriff's officials said it appears that Martin was killed by an errant bullet fired by an unknown person. They do not believed it was intentional at this time. However, that has not been ruled out, sheriff's officials said. The sheriff's office is asking for the public to help identify anyone who was in the area of Rainbow Falls Park who may have been shooting a high-powered rifle. Anyone with information related to this case is asked to contact the Douglas County Sheriff's Office tip line at 303-660-7579. Tipsters who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 720- 913-7867.
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