COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) Police say a gunman who killed six people at Colorado birthday party over the weekend opened fire because he had not been invited and then killed himself.
Colorado Springs police Lt. Joe Frabelle said Tuesday that the shooter had been in a relationship with one of the victims for about a year and had history of controlling and jealous behavior. Police said the gunman had no previous reported incidents of domestic violence during the relationship didn’t have a criminal history.
Frabelle identified the gunman as 28-year-old Teodoro Macias and the other victims were members of his girlfriend’s extended family.
Thomas Peipert
A memorial is seen on Monday, May 10, 2021, outside a mobile home in Colorado Springs, Colo., where a shooting at a party took place a day earlier that killed six people before the gunman took his own life. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert) May 11, 2021 - 4:49 PM
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) â A man who fatally shot six people at a Colorado birthday party before killing himself was upset after not being invited to the weekend gathering thrown by his girlfriendâs family, police said Tuesday, calling the shooting an act of domestic violence.
The shooter, 28-year-old Teodoro Macias, had been in a relationship with one of the victims, 28-year-old Sandra Ibarra, for about a year and had a history of controlling and jealous behavior, Colorado Springs police Lt. Joe Frabbiele said at a news conference. Police said there were no reported incidents of domestic violence during the relationship and that the shooter didn t have a criminal history
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.
A gunman who killed six people at a Colorado birthday party held by his girlfriend’s family over the weekend opened fire because he had not been invited and then killed himself, police said Tuesday.
The shooter had been in a relationship with one of the victims for about a year and had history of controlling and jealous behavior, Colorado Springs police Lt. Joe Frabelle said at a news conference. Police said the gunman had no reported incidents of domestic violence during the relationship and didn’t have a criminal history. No protective orders were in place.
Colorado birthday party shooting suspect killed 6 because he was not invited, police say
By Catherine Park
Colorado Springs update on birthday party mass shooting
Colorado Springs investigators release the names of the victims as well as the suspect involved in the mass shooting that left 7 people dead, including the gunman.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Colorado Springs Police Department held a news conference Tuesday and released the names of the victims of the mass shooting that left seven people dead, including the gunman, on May 9.
During the news conference, Colorado Springs Police Lt. Joe Frabelle revealed the possible motive behind the shooting, stating that the suspect opened fire on the victims because he was not invited to the party.
Thomas Peipert
A Colorado Springs Police Department officer lifts up crime tape at the scene where multiple people were shot and killed early Sunday, May 9, 2021, in Colorado Springs, Colo. The suspected shooter was the boyfriend of a female victim at the party attended by friends, family and children. He walked inside and opened fire before shooting himself, police said. Children at the attack werenât hurt and were placed with relatives. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP) May 10, 2021 - 10:03 PM
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Residents of a tight-knit trailer park in Colorado Springs tried to make sense of a weekend shooting at a birthday party that killed six people before the gunman, described as a boyfriend of one of the victims, took his own life.