LOVELAND — The Northern Colorado Task Force is now investigating two incidents involving a firearm from Sept. 13 in Fort Collins at Banner Health Center and Cottonwood Plains Elementary School.

The task force’s public information officer, David Moore, held a press conference Thursday morning to updates residents about those cases and more.

According to Moore, officials from the Banner Health Center at 4700 Lady Moon Drive in Fort Collins reported to police that their building was “damaged by a firearm.” The building was occupied at the time, but no one was hurt. On the same day, officials from Cottonwood Plains Elementary School, a Thompson School District school at 525 Turman Drive in Fort Collins, reported that their building was also shot at by a firearm; investigators believe the incident occurred during the night that weekend.

Both incidents are still being investigated and have not yet been tied to the original four shootings the task force is investigating.

The task force also announced Thursday that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is now increasing its reward offer to $50,000 — up from $20,000 — for information leading to arrest, prosecution and conviction of the shooter or shooters. If the recent building incidents are tied to the first two shootings, officials say the circumstances around the reward offer may change.

Moore said investigators received anonymous tips from a specific person or persons as recently as Aug. 17 and have followed up on the information but need more details. They are encouraging those anonymous tippers, or people who haven’t come forward, to contact them.

The task force is also continuing to monitor reports of shattered vehicle windows around the region but have not yet been able to tie any of those reports to the four shootings.

Moore announced that Fort Collins Police Services, Greeley Police Department and Colorado Bureau of Investigation have officially joined the task force, a collaboration that began with the Windsor Police Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Larimer County Sheriff’s Office, Larimer County District Attorney’s Office, Weld County Sheriff’s Office, Weld County District Attorney’s Office and Loveland Police Department.

Moore said there are 26 members working on the task force.

These updates come at a time when no information has been released surrounding the shootings, two of which were fatal, since late June when investigators released the sketch of a vehicle of interest.

Moore said task force members have conducted more than 500 interviews and followed up on 748 vehicles.

Family members of Bill Connole, who was shot and killed in downtown Loveland on June 4, were at the press conference held outside of the Loveland Police Department.

“[The police] didn’t tell us about this press conference, when we were told we would be hearing about all these things,” daughter Yelena Connole said. “I found out about it on Facebook. … I don’t have much to say about the investigation or our personal life, but I am displeased with how they are dealing with the evidence they obtained from us. … And one of those computers dad built just so that the kids would always had a computer for school. “

Investigators are still asking that anyone with information on the vehicle or cases to come forward, even anonymously.

“In so many cases like these, there may be several people who have information and believe that someone else has already come forward with that same information,” Moore said. “Please do not make that assumption — come forward with the information you have whether or not you think someone else has already done so.”

Anyone with information about the shootings is asked to call the task force tip line at 970-498-5595 or Larimer County Crime Stoppers at 970-221-6868.

“Anybody who knew him knew how wonderful (Connole) was,” Yelena Connole said. “There’s not much more. He was also a very private man, so we try to respect that.”

Moore said that the task force is monitoring seemingly random shootings throughout the country — he said none of which have yet been connected to the region’s four shootings.

“(The Northern Colorado shootings) do appear to be random in nature,” Moore said.

Dana Rieck: 970-635-3630, rieckd@reporter-herald.com or twitter.com/DanaRieckRH