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Summit County local assaulted by 2 assailants at Breckenridge gas station

The Breckenridge Police Department interviewed a witness who saw the attack and reviewed video footage from the gas station but could not locate the suspects, according to a report on the incident

Indentations are visible in the snow outside a Breckenridge gas station where a local man was reportedly assaulted by two assailants on Dec. 30, 2024. The Breckenridge Police Department included this photo in their report on the incident.
Breckenridge Police Department/Courtesy photo

The Breckenridge Police Department says it has no leads after a local man was assaulted at a gas station just before the new year.

Around 6 p.m. Dec. 30, Breckenridge police officers were dispatched to a fight in progress at a gas station, according to a police report Summit Daily News obtained through a public records request.

When police arrived, a 26-year-old man told officers that he had stopped at the gas station after work to refill his tank when a family walked out directly in front of his truck, leading him to stop so he didn’t hit them, the report states. 



The man told police he apologized to the family before driving to the gas pump, but he claimed someone in the group slapped his passenger window as he drove by and shouted, “Go back to Mexico,” according to the report. A family member told Summit Daily News that the victim was born in the U.S.

While the man was putting gas in his truck, two of the men from the group approached him and began pushing him and punching him in the head, knocking him to the ground, the report states.



A witness told police that the two assailants continued to kick the man, who protected his face but did not fight back, while he was on the ground.

Video footage at the gas station captured part of the fight as well as the two assailants leaving in a white SUV, the report states. Police reportedly searched the area but did not find a vehicle matching the description.

The report states that the case is inactive and there are no leads on the suspects.


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