6 people killed at a Colorado Springs birthday party were part of the same extended family, a relative says
The six people killed at a birthday party in Colorado Springs were all part of the same extended family, according to a relative who left the party two hours before the shooting occurred.
Freddy Marquez, the relative, said the birthday party was for his wife, Nubia, who left with him, and Nubia’s older brother, Melvin Perez.
Marquez identified the victims as:
–Melvin Perez, who would have turned 31, brother of Nubia and Jose
–Mayra Perez, 32, wife of Melvin
–Joana Cruz, 53, mother of Nubia, Melvin, and Jose