Colorado Healing Fund is accepting donations to support the six people killed in Colorado Springs after a 28-year-old gunman opened fire at a birthday party on Mother’s Day.
Donations will be distributed through the fund’s community partners to victims, including the Colorado Organizations of Victim Assistance, according to the nonprofit’s website.
“This is the second time the Colorado Healing Fund has been activated in less than two months, which is heartbreaking and hard to comprehend,” Jordan Finegan, the executive director, said in a statement. “While we will continue to respond to the Boulder Supermarket Tragedy, we are also officially collecting donations designation to support the victims, and the impacted community of Sunday’s tragic events.
How to donate to victims’ families of mass shooting at Colorado Springs birthday party
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) For the second time in two months, the Colorado Healing Fund has been activated following a mass shooting at a birthday party in Colorado Springs.
On May 9 - Mother s Day- a man, believed to be the boyfriend of one of the victims, walked into a birthday party and killed six people before turning the gun on himself.
This shooting comes a little more than a month after a man entered a Boulder King Soopers and began shooting, killing ten people.
Following that tragedy, Coloradans and others across the country came together to support the victim s families and the survivors through several fundraisers, including the Colorado Healing Fund.
Colorado Healing Fund activated following mass shooting at Colorado Springs birthday party
Colorado Healing Fund activated following mass shooting at Colorado Springs birthday party
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) For the second time in two months, the Colorado Healing Fund has been activated following a mass shooting at a birthday party in Colorado Springs.
On May 9 - Mother s Day- a man, believed to be the boyfriend of one of the victims, walked into a birthday party and killed six people before turning the gun on himself.
This shooting comes a little more than a month after a man entered a Boulder King Soopers and began shooting, killing ten people.
Colorado Healing Fund is accepting donations to support the six people killed in Colorado Springs after a 28-year-old gunman opened fire at a birthday party on Mother’s Day.
Sandra Ibarra-Perez, 28
Jose Ibarra, 26
Police said the shooting the deadliest in the city s history was an act of domestic violence.
During a news conference Tuesday, police identified the shooter, Teodoro Macias of Colorado Springs, as a boyfriend to one of the victims boyfriend who was angry after he wasn t invited to a family gathering Sunday night. He arrived at the home and began shooting, killing six people before turning the gun on himself.
Also, the Colorado Healing Fund is now accepting donations to support the shooting s victims.
Donations will be distributed through the fund’s community partners to victims, including the Colorado Organizations of Victim Assistance, according to the nonprofit’s website.