Three years after John Jacoby, described by some as the “unofficial mayor of Windsor,” was shot and killed while riding his bike outside of town, the Northern Colorado Shooting Task Force still is trying to shake loose clues about his death and the shooting of a woman a month before.
The Larimer County Sheriff’s Department has made videos about the two crimes, hoping to “jog some memories.” The $50,000 reward for relevant information remains in effect.
Jacoby, 48, was riding his bike on County Road 15 to help someone with yard work when he was shot twice from a passing vehicle about 10:15 a.m. on May 18, 2015. He died soon after.
The task force convened to investigate Jacoby’s death in tandem with another seemingly random shooting the previous month. On April 22, 2015, Cori Romero was shot and injured by someone in a passing vehicle as she was driving down Harmony Road in Fort Collins.
Authorities forensically linked the attack on Romero with Jacoby’s killing.
The sheriff’s office created a video describing Romero’s case and released it exactly three years she was shot. Last week they released a video describing the attack on Jacoby, and calling for anyone in the immediate area that day in 2015 to contact the NCSTF tip line at 970-498-5595, or email taskforce@larimer.org with information.
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