On Feb. 7, the Fraser Winter Park Police Department responded to a report of a disturbance at a local bar. According to a news release from the police department, the incident ended with the arrest of three suspects, including one who reportedly discharged a firearm.

“We are extremely grateful that no officers or innocent civilians were injured,” the department stated in a news release.

The police received the disturbance report from a bar located in Cooper Creek Square at approximately 12:16 a.m. According to the release, officers attempted to contact the three suspects – two men and a woman – who had left the bar. Officers began searching the Winter Park parking garage and immediate area for the three suspects. As they searched, a gun was allegedly discharged about 20 yards from their location.  

After hearing the gunshot, officers saw a woman fleeing the area. Then “two intoxicated and confrontative males approached the officers from the bottom level of the parking garage,” the release states.

Officers placed the two men in custody and began searching for the female suspect who had fled the scene.

“While she was not immediately located, a shell casing was found in the area where the female had been, and a semiautomatic handgun with the serial number ground off was located behind a trash can on the second floor of the parking garage,” the release states.

At about 3 a.m., Winter Park Transit Dispatch informed Grand County Dispatch that a Lift bus driver had just diverted from his route to drop off a woman who had her face covered. According to the release, the bus driver dropped the woman off at a location on County Road 72, just outside the town of Fraser.

“Officers responded to that location and contacted a female who matched the description of the one who had discharged the firearm,” the release states.

Police identified the woman as Carnea Rogers, 28, of Fraser. She has been booked into the Grand County jail with a number of charges, including reckless endangerment, possession of a defaced firearm and a warrant for felony theft out of Douglas County.

“At this time, it is unclear if Rogers was shooting at responding officers or just recklessly discharging a firearm,” the release states.

The other two suspects arrested are Carlos Gonzales, 22, of Fraser and Bradley Wellman, 29, of Colorado Springs.

According to the release, Gonzales is charged with false reporting, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Wellman faces charges including false reporting and a warrant out of El Paso County for dangerous drugs.

The Grand County Sheriff’s Office, Granby Police Department and Grand County EMS all assisted the Fraser Winter Park Police in the incident. The Lift bus system also assisted in alerting the police.