RBC coroner airlifted after shooting

MEEKER — County Coroner Ran Cochran was airlifted Wednesday morning to St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, the victim of a gunshot wound in the stomach.
“He had a gunshot in the abdomen area,” said Meeker Police Chief Bob Hervey. “It appears it was accidental”
Ran Cochran, owner of Cochran Memorial Chapels in Meeker and Rangely, was conscious when police and emergency medical services personnel arrived. The shooting occurred at the funeral home in Meeker.