before police tracked the gunman to nearby lakewood where he entered a hotel, shooting and killing 28-year-old sarah steck who was working at the front desk. not long after more shots fired this time hitting lakewood police agent ashley ferris but according to police while on the ground wounded she was able to return fire and kill the shooter. she was able to not only save others from this terrible tragedy but also neutralize the threat. i can t say enough about the courage and bravery shown by that lakewood police agent. reporter: that police agent ashley ferris is expected to be okay. she has been recovering in a local hospital. as for the investigation into why the shooter carried this out police will likely be looking at his social media which covered a wide array of extremist views on the roles of men, women, war, guns, and more, jake.
cardenas as well. 44-year-old alicia cardenas was among the first to be killed monday. she was the owner of a tattoo shop. she was a real leader in her community. a lot of people looked to her for advice and information about tattooing. it s the world we re living in, it s just horrible. reporter: in total, five people were killed in about an hour monday. three of them worked at tattoo shopped. starting in denver before police tracked the gunman to nearby lakewood where he entered a hotel, shooting and killing 28-year-old sarah stack, who was working at the front desk. not long after, more shots fired, this time hitting lakewood police agent ashley ferris. while on the ground wounded, she was able to return fire and kill the shooter. she was able to not only save others from this terrible
44-year-old alecia among the first killed. owner of a tattoo shop. a real leader in her community. a lot of people looked to her for advice and information about tattooing. it s the world we live it, it s just horrible. reporter: in total five people killed in about an hour. three worked in tattoo shops. shootings spanned multiple locations starting in denver before police tracked the gunman to nearby lakewood where he entered a hotel shooting and killing 28-year-old sarah steck who was working at the front desk. not long after, more shots fired. this time hitting lakewood police agent ashley faris, according to police while on the ground wounded able to return fire and kill the shooter. she was able to not only save others from this terrible tragedy, but also neutralized the threat and i can t say