Who was Colorado Springs shooter Teodoro Macias?
Updated: May 12 2021, 4:20 ET
THE gunman involved in the massacre at a Colorado birthday party on May 9, 2021 has been identified as Teodoro Macias Jr.
But who is the Teodoro Macias Jr and what happened in Colorado Springs?Here’s the latest.
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Who is Teodoro Macias?
Teodoro Macias has been named as the suspected shooter that killed multiple people, including himself, at a Colorado Birthday Party on May 9, 2021.
He was believed to be the boyfriend of a female victim at the party, which was attended by friends, family and children.
Family members of the deceased girlfriend claim that the suspect was known to them as Junior.
The six victims in what a Colorado mayor called a "senseless" mass shooting at a birthday party this weekend have been identified. The post Victims in ‘Senseless’ Colorado Springs Birthday Party Mass Shooting Have Been Identified first appeared on Law & Crime.
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)
JERILEE BENNETT THE GAZETTE
Seven dead in Colorado Springs birthday party mass shooting
A gunman walked into a birthday party in Colorado Springs, Colorado just after midnight on Saturday and opened fire. He killed six people before taking his own life, according to police investigators.
Victims of the shooting. Top: Melvin Perez, Mayra Perez, Joana Cruz. Bottom: Jose Gutierrez, Sandra Ibarra, Jose Ibarra. (Facebook)
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Denver Post reported that one of the guests, who attended the birthday party and left before the shooting, said that all the victims were members of the same extended family. The
Post also reported that Freddy Marquez told reporters that his family had gathered to celebrate the birthdays of his wife and her brother.