Glenwood Springs police trudged into the steep, rough hills searching late on June 16, 2002 — Father’s Day.
Tom Lubchenko, 56
Officers wearing night-vision gear looked for signs of the gunman.
K-9s sniffed the ground for signs of a man believed to be in his late 20s or early 30s.
The man was skinny and about 5-feet-10.
He wore over-sized goggles, a black ball cap and black jacket. He appeared to have a few days growth of facial hair.
Wal-Mart employee Tom Lubchenco, a 56-year-old artist, was then lying on the floor in the store room, bleeding to death.
Lubchenco had apparently caught the disguised intruder at about 11:30 p.m. hiding in a storeroom.
After shooting Lubchenco, the gunman struck another man in the head and took off running.
Other Walmart workers had chased the man through the aisles of the store, out through the parking lot and into the hills.