.
. WHAT
. WHAT WE
. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE MAN KILLED AND THE SECURITY GUARD
HELD ON SUSPICION OF MURDER
CHARGES.
DENVERGOV 19 CASE RATE NUMBERS
ARE TRENDING TOWARD HIGHS THAT
COULD TRIGGER A NEW ROUND
OF RESTRICTIONS.
AND BECAUSE COLORADANS ARE
ALREADY GETTING THEIR BALLOTS,
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE PROS
AND CONS OF A PROPOSED TAX LIKE
WE NOW KNOW THE NAME OF THE MAN
SHOT AND KILLED THAT DUELING
POLITICAL RALLIES IN DENVER IN
DENVER OVER THE WEEKEND.
THE DENVER MEDICAL EXAMINER
SAYS FORTY NINE YEAR OLD LEE
KELTNER WAS THE VICTIM.
HE WAS BRIGHTON BUSINESSMAN, A
VETERAN AND AN ARTIST.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE ON
KELTNER AND THE FUNDRAISER
ORGANIZED TO HELP HIS FAMILY IN
JUST MOMENT.
THIRTY YEAR OLD MATTHEW DOLLOFF
IS BEING HELD ON SUSPICION
MURDER CHARGES IN RELATION TO
THE SHOOTING.
DOLLOFF WAS WORKING AS A
CONTRACTOR FOR NINE NEWS
SCORNING OUR JOURNALISTS
COVERING THE PROTESTS.
TONIGHT WE'RE LEARNING MORE
ABOUT OTHER EVENTS THAT HE'S
WORKED AS A CONTRACTED SECURITY
GUARD.
HERE'S JASON WHITELY WITH OUR
SISTER STATION IN DALLAS.
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THIS
HAPPENED ON SATURDAY, WE ARE
NOW HEARING FROM AN ATTORNEY
REPRESENTING THE FAMILY OF THAT
SECURITY GUARD MATTHEW DOLLOFF.
WE SPOKE WITH DOUG RICHARDS ON
THE PHONE WITHIN THE LAST HALF
HOUR OR SO.
AND ON BEHALF OF DOLLOFF FAMILY
,HERE'S WHAT RICHARDS TOLD
US .
HE SAID THAT MATT WAS ACTING IN
SELF-DEFENSE.
MATT PUT HIS LIFE AND NOW HIS
LIBERTY IN BETWEEN THE NOW
DECEASED AND THE NINE NEWS
EMPLOYEE.
THIS WAS NOT A POLITICAL
ASSIGNMENT FOR MATT.
DOUG RICHARDS SAID THIS WAS
SIMPLY MATT PROTECTING YOUR
EMPLOYEE.
POLICE AND PROSECUTORS GOT
QUIET TODAY PUBLICLY AT LEAST
ON THIS CASE.
BUT THE MAYOR AND THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DID HAVE
SOMETHING TO SAY.
WHEN ASKED WHAT THE CITY MIGHT
DO TO MATTHEW DOLLOFF FOR AS A
SECURITY GUARD WITHOUT A
LICENSE.
HERE'S WHAT MAYOR MICHAEL
HANCOCK.
SO WHILE THIS IS STILL AN
INVESTIGATION, WE DO PLAN TO
BEFORE TO PURSUE FULLY
THE SCOPE OF OUR LEGAL POWER
WITHIN SITUATION BUT WILL ALLOW
THE INVESTIGATION GO FORWARD.
BUT WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE
OF HOURS THE CITY ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE WENT FURTHER E-MAILING
US THIS STATEMENT SAYING QUOTE
REGARDING MATTHEW DOLLOFF THERE
COULD BE CIVIL OR CRIMINAL
ACTIONS TAKEN OR BOTH AGAINST
MR. DOLLOFF PINKERTON NINE NEWS
AND OR ANY OTHER ENTITY THAT
HIRED TO DEPLOY DOLLOFF IN AN
UNLICENSED SECURITY GUARD
CAPACITY.
NINE WAS CONTRACTED WITH
PINKERTON TO GET A SECURITY
GUARD FOR ITS JOURNALISTS
COVERING PROTESTS ON SATURDAY
BUT THAT PINKERTON REFERRED
SECURITY GUARD MATTHEW DOLLOFF.
HE SHOT AND KILLED A PATRIOT
DEMONSTRATOR NAMED LEE KELTNER
AFTER A BRIEF ENCOUNTER.
PINKERTON TWEETED ANOTHER
STATEMENT THIS AFTERNOON SAYING
IN PART QUOTE OUR HEARTS GO OUT
TO THOSE IMPACTED BY THIS
SITUATION.
PINKERTON AGAINT SAID AT
DOLLOFF IS NOT A STAFF EMPLOYEE
EXPLAINING TODAY THAT IT
CONTRACTED DOLLOFF THROUGH A
LONG STANDING INDUSTRY VENDOR.
OK.
BUT WHAT COMPANY IS THAT
INDUSTRY VENDOR?
BUT WE'VE ASKED MULTIPLE TIMES
AND PINKERTON HAS NOT TOLD US .
WE ALSO LEARNED THAT DOLLOFF
DID HAVE A CONCEALED CARRY
PERMIT IN THE STATE OF COLORADO
.
IT WAS ISSUED IN ELBERT COUNTY
BACK IN JUNE OF TWENTY
EIGHTEEN.
IT'S A FIVE YEAR PERMIT.
IT WAS STILL IN GOOD STANDING.
BUT SHERIFF TIM NORTON TOLD
US THAT HE SUSPENDED DOLLOF
LICENSE AS THIS WHOLE
INVESTIGATION PLAYS OUT.
YEARS MANAGEMENT RELEASED A
STATEMENT THIS EVENING.
IT SAYS QUOTE NINE NEWS
CONTINUES TO FULLY COOPERATE
WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND IS
DEEPLY SADDENED BY THE LOSS
LIFE.
FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS IT HAS
BEEN THE PRACTICE OF NINE NEWS
TO CONTRACT PRIVATE SECURITY
THROUGH AN OUTSIDE FIRM TO
ACCOMPANY OUR PERSONNEL
COVERING PROTESTS.
PINKERTON, A PRIVATE SECURITY
FIRM, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
ENSURING ITS GUARDS OR THOUGHS
IT CONTRACTS WITH OUR
APPROPRIATELY LICENSED NINE
NEWS DOES NOT CONTRACT DIRECTLY
WITH INDIVIDUAL SECURITY
PERSONNEL.
END QUOTE.
ANOTHER DENVERS TV STATION NOW
SAYS MATTHEW DOLLOFF WAS
WORKING FOR THEM THE NIGHT
BEFORE THE SHOOTING.
DENVERS SEVEN REFERRED TO IT AS
THEIR WEB ARTICLE WHICH SAYS
QUOTE DENVERS SEVEN IS
PREVIOUSLY USED.
PINKERTON FOR SECURITY AND HAS
LEARNED THAT DOLLOFF WAS
PRESENT AT THE U.S. SENATE
DEBATE HOSTED BY DENVERS SEVEN
ON FRIDAY DENVERS SEVEN
SPECIFICALLY ASKED THAT GUARDS
NOT BE ARMED AND PINKERTON
AGREED NO GUN WAS VISIBLE.
YOU HAVE THEIR QUESTIONS ABOUT
HOW WE'LL GO FORWARD COVERING A
STORY THAT INVOLVES NEWS.
ONE THING WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW
IS BRINGING IN CREWS FROM OUR
SISTER STATIONS OUTSIDE
THE STATE.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME NEW
FACES COVERING THE STORY A.J.
LAGOE FROM OUR SISTER STATION
CARE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS BEEN
GATHERING INFORMATION ABOUT LEE
KELTNER, A BUSINESSMAN, A
VETERAN AND AN ART ARTIST WITH
A PASSION FOR CREATING HATS.
BEFORE THE MEMORIAL MARKING
THE SITE ITERNATED BEFORE
THE VIRAL VIDEOS OF ELDERS LAST
MOMENTS, THE PROTESTS WRAPPED
BEFORE THE PICTURES OF MACE AND
A BULLET BEING FIRED.
LEE KELTNER TALKED ABOUT HIS
PASSION FOR KEEPING THE WEST
ALIVE.
ONE AT A TIME THAT'S KILLED HER
IN A 2012 VIDEO POSTED ON
YOUTUBE.
IN 2015, THE HATTAR WITH A SHOP
IN BRIGHTON, COLORADO WAS
PROFILED BY THE DENVERPOST AND
TOLD HIM EVERYTHING HE DID WAS
CUSTOM.
I DO ONE HAT AT A TIME, HE
SAID.
HE WAS ALSO PART OF COLORADO'S
MOTORCYCLE COMMUNITY.
THE BIKER DOWN CHARITY HAS
STARTED A FUNDRAISER FOR HIS
FAMILY, DESCRIBING HIM AS A
HUSBAND, FATHER AND FRIEND TO
I LOVE BEING AN ARTIST AND
CREATING NEW AND DIFFERENT
THINGS BECAUSE I DO ALL
THE WORK MYSELF.
I REACHED OUT TO THE KELTNER
FAMILY.
WE WILL LEARN MORE ABOUT LEAD.
OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE DEALING WITH
THE UN IMAGINABLE.
SO FAR WE HAVEN'T HEARD BACK
BUT WE HAVE HEARD FROM NINE
NEWS VIEWERS DESCRIBING A MAN
WHO THEY SAID THEY WERE