The Southeast area of Colorado Springs saw the fourth deadliest mass shooting in Colorado history last month, and the neighborhoods are still struggling to cope with the murder of six people.Â
On May 9, Teodoro Macias shot six people during a birthday party at a residence on Preakness Way. Angry because he wasnât invited to the party, the 28-year-old man shot Sandra Ibarra-Perez, 28; Joe Ibarra, 26; Mayra Ibarra De Perez, 33; Melvin Perez,30; Jose Guitierrez, 21; and Joana Cruz, 52. He then took his own life.Â
âItâs been a long and exhausting last couple of days, not just for our department, but for those who now have to adjust to a new way of life without their loved ones,â said CSPD Chief Vince Niski during a press conference after the shootings. âOur hearts continue to ache for this devastating loss. Over the last few days our detectives, crime scene investigators and victim advocates have been hard at work, both finding answers and providing a
Domestic violence shootings affect more than just partners
7 shot and killed at birthday party in Colorado
Replay Video UP NEXT The murderous wrath of a scorned boyfriend in Colorado Springs, Colorado, recently had deadly consequences for his girlfriend and her family, police said. The devastating May 9 attack, which unfolded on Mother s Day while the man s girlfriend and family were celebrating a birthday, served as a sobering reminder of the inextricable link between domestic violence and gun homicides and the ripple effect it has upon the innocent lives nearby. The gunman reportedly opened fire after he wasn t invited to the party, killing six people ranging in age between 21 to 52, before taking his own life, police said.
We had hoped never to revisit such tragedy in our communities â not to mention so soon after the March 22 rampage that claimed 10 lives at a Boulder supermarket. And yet our state was blindsided by its second mass shooting in as many months early last Sunday, on Motherâs Day, this time in Colorado Springs.
Police say a man fatally shot six people at a birthday party before killing himself â because he was not invited to the gathering thrown by his girlfriendâs family. Sandra Ibarra-Perez, Jose Ibarra, Mayra Ibarra De Perez, Melvin Perez, Jose Gutierrez and Joana Cruz lost their lives.
Siblings Sandra Ibarra, 28; Mayra Ibarra de Perez, 33; and Jose Ibarra, 26, left to right, were memorialized on a poster held by family member, Edgar Ortiz at a vigil. Julian Rivera, center, right; and other family members attended an emotional vigil outside the gates of Canterbury Park. Julian’s mother was Mayra Ibarra de Perez. A vigil was held on Thursday, May 13, 2021, for the six family members that were killed on Mother’s Day last Sunday.
JERILEE BENNETT THE GAZETTE
Hundreds mourn Colorado Springs shooting victims at vigil
May 14, 2021 GMT
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) About 200 people attended a candlelight vigil outside a Colorado Springs mobile home park where six people celebrating family birthdays were shot and killed before the gunman took his own life.
The Gazette reports that family and friends of those slain and members of the larger community paid their respects late Thursday to the victims, all extended family members. Mourners held candles, crosses and each other as they honored those slain.
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Police have said the gunman was upset after not being invited to the gathering thrown by his girlfriend’s family and that the shooting early Sunday was an act of domestic violence.