Colton J. Jensen
Age 18
Burwell, Nebraska
He planned to ride the rodeo
He was a bull rider, registered at Chadron State College and planning to join the competitive rodeo team in fall 2018. A Facebook post shows him in a white hat and black leather chaps, sitting on the chute as if he’s ready to ride.
His 19th birthday was two months away. Football, fishing, basketball and hunting consumed him. He was an outdoorsman at heart.
Colton J. Jensen, 18, died of a gunshot wound on May 23, 2018, in Kearney, Nebraska. Loup County Attorney Jason White said three people had witnessed the shooting and that it was accidental.
