PHOTOS: Granby bulldozer rampage, ten years later
June 4, 2014
Casey and Rhonda Farrell owners of Gambles of Grand County survey the damage to their business on Highway 40 in Granby, CO, June 5, 2004. The shop was destroyed when a fortified bulldozer driven by Marvin Heemeyer plowed into it. Heemeyer drove a fortified bulldozer through the streets of Granby Friday destroying a number of buildings. (DENVER POST PHOTO BY CRAIG F. WALKER) ( GRANBY )
An officer on Main St. looks over the vehicle that caused havoc in downtown Granby, CO, June 5, 2004. Workers spent close to 3 hours removing the fortified bulldozer driven by Marvin Heemeyer from downtown Granby, where it came to rest at Gambles of Grand County on highway 40 in Granby, CO. Heemeyer drove a fortified bulldozer through the streets of Granby Friday destroying a number of buildings. (DENVER POST PHOTO BY HYOUNG CHANG) ( GRANBY )
(l-r) Volunteer fire fighters Travis Kesterson and Andy Meadows sit atop a pumper truck while holding a position on the perimeter on Highway 40 in Granby. Members of the Grand Fire Protection District No. 1 were on the scene while law enforcement teams attempted to secure the vehicle driven by Marvin Heemeyer, June 5, 2004. Heemeyer drove a fortified bulldozer through the streets of Granby Friday destroying a number of buildings. (DENVER POST PHOTO BY CRAIG F. WALKER) ( GRANBY )
Marvin Heemeyer constructed the infamous bulldozer inside a rental property on the outskirts of Granby, June 8, 2004. (Karl Gehring/TheDenver Post). ( GRANBY )
Firefighters move the body of Marvin Heemeyer by using a crane from the bulldozer at Gambles store, Granby on June 5, 2004. (HYOUNG CHANG/ THE DENVER POST) ( GRANBY05 )
Grand County Commissioner, Duane Dailey, left, stands on top of the bulldozer used by Marvin Heemeyer in Friday's rampage in Granby, while Congressman Mark Udall takes a peek inside. (workers below are unidentified) The bulldozer was moved away from the scene to Mountain Parks Electric shop located at the far west side of town and was then loaded on a flatbed to be hauled away. Udall spent the morning surveying the damage in town. ( ANDY CROSS/ THE DENVER POST) ( CD07GRANBYDOZER_1_AC.jpg )
This photo shows the starting point of the rampage in Granby CO, June 5, 2004.The yellow building to the left was Marvin Heemeyer's muffler shop. The building to the top was part of Mountain Parks Concrete plant, and the black metal shed on the bottom right is where he supposedly made it, and drove through the wall on the left side (paralleling the white trailer), June 5, 2004. (Matthew Staver/Special to The Denver Post) ( Granby_06_ms.jpg )
Thompson and Sons Excavating is doing the demolition work on the newspaper office in Granby, June 8, 2004. The home of Dick Thompson, former mayor of the town, was on Marvin Heemeyer's hit list. (Karl Gehring/ The Denver Post) ( GRANBY )
Destroyed Xcel energy truck is stuck into the Mountain Parks Electric building as a result of Marvin Heemeyer's rampage with an armored bulldozer, 321 W. Agate Ave. on Saturday. (THE DENVER POST PHOTO BY HYOUNG CHANG) ( GRANBY05 )
(l-r) Granby Mayor Ted Wang, James Holahan, Manager of the Grand County Office of Emergency Management and Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners Duane Dailey brief the media outside the remains of the town offices which damaged by the fortified bulldozer driven by Marvin Heemeyer in Granby, CO. Heemeyer drove a fortified bulldozer through the streets of Granby Friday destroying a number of buildings. (DENVER POST PHOTO BY CRAIG F. WALKER) ( GRANBY )
Casey Farrell, right, owner of Gambles of Granby, hardware store that was demolished in Friday's rampage, hugs and thanks Grand County Undersheriff, Glen Trainor, during a healing service held at Polhamus Municipal Park in Granby, June 7, 2004. About 100 Granby residents gathered at the park for prayer and an opportunity to share thoughts about Friday's rampage through town which resident, Marvin Heemeyer, drove a fortified bulldozer through town demolishing many buildings and ended up killing himself. (ANDY CROSS/THE DENVER POST) ( CD07GRANBYDOZER_5_AC.jpg )
(l-r) Casey and Rhonda Farrell owners of Gambles of Grand County survey the damage to their business on Highway 40 in Granby, CO. The shop was destroyed when a fortified bulldozer driven by Marvin Heemeyer plowed into it. Heemeyer drove a fortified bulldozer through the streets of Granby Friday destroying a number of buildings. (DENVER POST PHOTO BY CRAIG F. WALKER) ( GRANBY )
(l-r) Captain Gary Torgerson of the CO State Patrol and James Holahan, Manager of the Grand County Office of Emergency Management examine the fortified bulldozer driven by Marvin Heemeyer where it came to rest at Gambles of Grand County on highway 40 in Granby, CO. Heemeyer drove a fortified bulldozer through the streets of Granby Friday destroying a number of buildings. (DENVER POST PHOTO BY CRAIG F. WALKER) ( GRANBY )
Firefighters are making a hole on top of the Bulldozer to bring out Marvin Heemeyer's body at Gambles store on Saturday morning, June 5, 2004. (THE DENVER POST PHOTO BY HYOUNG CHANG) ( GRANBY05 )
(l-r) Investigators examine the fortified bulldozer driven by Marvin Heemeyer where it came to rest at Gambles of Grand County on highway 40 in Granby, CO. Heemeyer drove a fortified bulldozer through the streets of Granby Friday destroying a number of buildings. (DENVER POST PHOTO BY HYOUNG CHANG) ( GRANBY )
A firefighter carries a computer hard-drive from the remains of the Sky-Hi News building on Main St in Granby, CO. Workers spent close to 3 hours removing the fortified bulldozer driven by Marvin Heemeyer from downtown Granby, where it came to rest at Gambles of Grand County on highway 40 in Granby, CO. Heemeyer drove a fortified bulldozer through the streets of Granby Friday destroying a number of buildings. (DENVER POST PHOTO BY HYOUNG CHANG) ( GRANBY )
(l-r) Captain Gary Torgerson of the CO State Patrol and James Holahan, Manager of the Grand County Office of Emergency Management examine the fortified bulldozer driven by Marvin Heemeyer where it came to rest at Gambles of Grand County on highway 40 in Granby, CO. Heemeyer drove a fortified bulldozer through the streets of Granby Friday detroying a number of buildings. (DENVER POST PHOTO BY CRAIG F. WALKER) ( GRANBY )
(l-r) Investigators examine the fortified bulldozer driven by Marvin Heemeyer where it came to rest at Gambles of Grand County on highway 40 in Granby, CO, June 5, 2004. Heemeyer drove a fortified bulldozer through the streets of Granby Friday destroying a number of buildings. (HYOUNG CHANG/ THE DENVER POST) ( GRANBY )
Tami Cherrington center, and about a hundred other volunteers, helped remove library books from the Grand County Library building Thursday afternoon, June 10, 2004. The structure was one of 13 buildings bulldozed by Granby resident Marvin Heemeyer last Friday before he killed himself. The state announced it would help rebuild the building which was a complete loss. (Karl Gehring/ The Denver Post) ( GRANBY )
City Hall goes down as a Denver (CQ) contractor used an excavator to tear down the city hall which was partially destroyed in the June 4 bulldozer attack by Marvin Heemeyer. A group of spectators watch from a nearby baseball field mid-morning, August 2, 2004. (DENVER POST/JOHN EPPERSON) ( GRANBY )
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