Jealous boyfriend slaughtered six in Colorado birthday massacre - because he didn t get an invitation to the party
Six people were killed at a Colorado Springs birthday party early Sunday morning, when a gunman, named as Teodoro Macias Jr., 28, opened fire
The victims were identified by family members as Melvin Perez, 30, his brother, Jose Guttierez, 21, and their mother, Joana Cruz, 53
Also killed in the shooting were Perez s wife, Mayra Perez, 32, and Mayra s sister Sandra Ibarra and brother Jose Ibarra
Sandra Ibarra was the boyfriend of Macias, who had a history of jealous and controlling behavior towards her, police said
When Macias finished shooting, he took his own life, police said
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Family identifies 6 victims killed in shooting at Colorado Springs birthday party Nelson Oliveira
A woman who lost six members of her family when a gunman opened fire during a birthday party Sunday in Colorado Springs has identified the victims as her mother, her two brothers, her sister-in-law and her sister-in-law’s two siblings.
Nubia Marquez, 28, said the family was celebrating her birthday as well as the birthdays of her mother, Joanna Cruz, who would have turned 54, and her brother Melvin Perez, who would have turned 31 this week. Nubia Marquez and her husband, Freddy Marquez, left the party around 10 p.m. Saturday, about two hours before the rampage, she told local newspaper The Gazette.
6 people killed at a Colorado Springs birthday party were part of the same extended family, a relative says
The six people killed at a birthday party in Colorado Springs were all part of the same extended family, according to a relative who left the party two hours before the shooting occurred.
Freddy Marquez, the relative, said the birthday party was for his wife, Nubia, who left with him, and Nubia’s older brother, Melvin Perez.
Marquez identified the victims as:
–Melvin Perez, who would have turned 31, brother of Nubia and Jose
–Mayra Perez, 32, wife of Melvin
–Joana Cruz, 53, mother of Nubia, Melvin, and Jose