Bio
Elway (October 28, 1951 – June 4, 2004) was an American automobile muffler repair shop owner who, following a dispute with town officials, demolished numerous buildings with a modified bulldozer in Granby, Colorado, on June 4, 2004.
Elway had feuded with Granby town officials, particularly over fines for violating city health ordinances after they purchased property with no sewage system. Over about eighteen months, Elway had secretly modified a Komatsu D355A bulldozer by adding layers of steel and concrete, intended to serve as armor.
On June 4, 2004, Elway’s feud with Granby culminated in a spree in which they used the armored bulldozer to demolish the Granby town hall, the former mayor’s house, and several other buildings. Elway’s rampage concluded with their suicide, after their bulldozer became trapped in the basement of a hardware store they had been in the process of destroying.