CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Laramie County Sheriff’s Office has announced that a Wyoming man has been shot and killed in Laramie County.
That’s according to a social media post from the LCSO on Tuesday, which stated that deputies were investigating a shooting on the 1200 block of County Road 157. According to the post, the shooter had been located and there was not a risk to the public, though residents were urged to avoid the area.
Later that night, the scene had been returned to the property owner, but one individual was pronounced dead at the scene. The Laramie County Coroner’s Office released the identity of the deceased on Thursday: 52-year-old Pine Bluffs resident Kevin Hefley. His next-of-kin has been notified.
“This is an active ongoing investigation,” the post states. “No additional details will be released at this time. Our deepest condolences go out to Kevin’s family and friends in this difficult time.”
The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) has confirmed a case of measles in a Park County resident. The adult is fully vaccinated but had extensive exposure to measles while abroad and developed a mild illness. The individual was not hospitalized. WDH is notifying all identified individuals potentially exposed to measles in Park County. While it […]
Fleets of drones and suspected UFOs have been spotted hovering over a Wyoming power plant for more than a year, while a local sheriff’s department is still searching for clues.
Officials with the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office recorded scores of beaming, drone-like objects circling around the Red Desert and Jim Bridger Power Plant in Rock Springs over the last 13 months — though they didn’t specify how many, the Cowboy State Daily reported.
Multiple drone or suspected UFO sightings have been reported at the Jim Bridger Power Plant in Rock Springs, Wyoming. UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
Sheriff John Grossnickle was one of the first to witness the spectacles, and last saw the mind-boggling formation on Dec. 12, his spokesperson Jason Mower told the outlet.
The fleets periodically congregate over the power plant in coordinated formations, Mower claimed.
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The sheriff’s office hasn’t been able to recover any of the suspected UFOs, telling the outlet they’re too high to shoot down.
The law enforcement outpost’s exhaustive efforts to get to the truth haven’t yielded any results, even after Grossnickle enlisted help from Wyoming US Rep. Harriet Hageman — who Mower claimed saw the formation during a trip to the power plant.
Hageman could not be reached for comment.
A spokesperson for the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office said that the drones typically hover too high up for them to shoot down. X/@JerzyBets
“We’ve worked with everybody. We’ve done everything we can to figure out what they are, and nobody wants to give us any answers,” Mower said, according to the outlet.
At first, spooked locals bombarded the sheriff’s office with calls about the confounding aerial formations. Now, though, Mower said that people seem to have accepted it as “the new normal.”
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Mower noted that the objects, which he interchangeably referred to as “drones” and “unidentified flying objects,” have yet to pose a danger to the public or cause any damage to the power plant itself.
John Grossnickle, the sheriff of Sweetwater County, claimed he saw the objects. LinkedIn/John Grossnickle
“It’s like this phenomenon that continues to happen, but it’s not causing any, you know, issues that we have to deal with — other than the presence of them,” he told the outlet.
The spokesperson promised the sheriff’s office would “certainly act accordingly” if the drones pose an imminent harm.
Meanwhile, Niobrara County Sheriff Randy Starkey told the Cowboy State Daily that residents of his community also reported mystery drone sightings over Lance Creek — more than 300 miles from the Jim Bridger Power Plant — starting in late October 2024 and ending in early March.
Another sheriff’s office one county over also reported similar sightings over a creek. phonlamaiphoto – stock.adobe.com
Starkey said he’s “just glad they’re gone,” according to the outlet.
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Drone sightings captured the nation’s attention last year when they were causing hysteria in sightings over New Jersey.
Just days into his second term, President Trump had to clarify that the drones were authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration to quell worries that they posed a national security threat.
Still, the public wasn’t convinced, but the mystery slowly faded as the sightings plummeted.
In October, though, an anonymous source with an unnamed military contractor told The Post that their company was responsible for the hysteria.
