The Latest: VA document says gunman had fled mental ward
DENVER (AP) — The Latest on the fatal shooting of a sheriff's deputy in Colorado (all times local):6:45 p.m.
A Veterans Affairs document obtained by The Associated Press says the gunman who killed a Colorado sheriff's deputy escaped from the mental health ward of a VA hospital in Wyoming in 2014 but was located and returned.
The document was provided to the AP by a congressional aide on condition of anonymity because the aide was not authorized to release it.
The document was first reported by The Denver Post.
Colorado authorities say Matthew Riehl fatally shot Douglas County Deputy Zackari Parrish and wounded four other deputies on Sunday. Riehl was killed by a SWAT team.