Colorado chief shot hours before gun laws tightened

The head of Colorado state’s prison system was shot and killed at his home, just hours before the governor signed landmark gun control legislation drafted in response to a series of mass shootings.

Police said Tom Clements, 58, executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections, was shot once at his home in the town of Monument. The shooting did not appear to be linked to home invasion or robbery, said El Paso County Sheriff’s Department Lieutenant Jeff Kramer.