Candles and flowers dotted a small but growing memorial Monday to six people gunned down in southeastern Colorado Springs early Sunday before police say the assailant fatally shot himself.
Police were tight-lipped on the incident Monday, releasing no new details on how the late-night birthday party at Canterbury Mobile Home Park on Preakness Way off Powers Boulevard turned into a nightmare around midnight, when a boyfriend of a female victim allegedly began shooting.
It was the worst mass killing in Colorado Springs since 1911, when six city residents were found dead in two neighboring houses, all killed with an ax.
The El Paso County Coroner’s Office said it plans to officially release the victims’ names Tuesday after autopsies are complete. As of Monday afternoon, half of the autopsies had been completed, a spokeswoman for the office said.
Victims identified after massacre at Colorado Springs birthday party
Victims identified after massacre at Colorado Springs birthday party
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) A family member has identified the six people shot to death at a birthday party this past weekend in Colorado Springs.
The victims were identified as:
Melvin Perez
Jose Ibarra
City officials told CNN that it could take several days to conduct autopsies and make forensic identifications for the victims. Colorado Springs police didn t release any new information on Monday.
Colorado Springs Police say the suspected shooter in the incident appeared to have shot himself and died. The suspect was Sandra s boyfriend, according to a family member who identified the suspect s name as Junior.
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An Army veteran named Jay lives just over the fence from the trailer where the seven people died early Sunday morning. He was talking to the media on Monday, May 10, 2021, about his experience and how one of the bullets came through a bedroom in his home that had children in the room. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)
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