Sheriff Sued Again For Fatal Shootout That Killed Deputy

By Jeff Todd
PARK COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – One year after Corporal Nate Carrigan was killed while serving an eviction notice, a former employee of the Park County Sheriff’s Department sued the county and the sheriff.
Welles Tonjes was a Senior Sargent in February of 2016, a federal lawsuit says he was illegally demoted three ranks before he quit and the cause was the fatal shooting of Carrigan.
Nate Carrigan (credit: CBS)
Tonjes is suing the Park County Commissioners, Sheriff Fred Wege