Slain Park County Deputy Had Vest, Shot Through Armpit

By Brian Maass
FAIRPLAY, Colo. (CBS4)– A Park County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed in February during a high-risk eviction was wearing a Kevlar vest, but was hit by a bullet that went through his left arm pit according to officials familiar with what occurred February 24.
Corporal Nate Carrigan died during the eviction of Park County resident Martin Wirth. Two other deputies were also shot but both survived. Wirth was killed in the shootout with deputies.
Martin Wirth (credit: Fac