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
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.
Mothers of Murdered Youth (MOMY) is hosting a candlelight vigil on Thursday for the six victims of the mass shooting at a birthday celebration in Colorado Springs over the weekend.
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