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UPDATED 5/11, 5:52 p.m. ET: Colorado Springs police Lt. Joe Frabelle identified the gunman who killed six people and himself at a birthday party as 28-year-old Teodoro Macias.
Macias, officials say, opened fire at the party held by his girlfriend’s family because he was not invited. Officials claim he had a history of controlling and jealous behavior and was in a relationship with one of the victims for a year. He did not have a criminal history.
Macias’ Smith & Wesson handgun was originally purchased by someone else at a local gun shop in 2014, according to the Associated Press, and police recovered 17 spent shells at the scene of the shooting.
May 10, 2021
Family and friends of the victims who died in a shooting, comfort each down the street from the scene in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Sunday, May 9, 2021. The suspected shooter was the boyfriend of a female victim at the party attended by friends, family and children. He walked inside and opened fire before shooting himself, police said. Children at the attack weren’t hurt and were placed with relatives.(Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. A gunman opened fire at a birthday party in Colorado, slaying six adults before killing himself Sunday, police said.
The shooting happened just after midnight in a mobile home park on the east side of Colorado Springs, police said.
UpdatedSun, May 9, 2021 at 5:48 pm MT
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Family and friends of the victims who died in a shooting, comfort each down the street from the scene in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Sunday. The suspected shooter was the boyfriend of a female victim at the party. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP)
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO Seven people, including a gunman, were killed early Sunday morning in a shooting at a mobile home community in Colorado Springs. Police told local news outlets multiple gunshot victims were already dead when they arrived at the Canterbury Manufactured Home Community in the 2800 block of Preakness Way shortly after midnight.
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Man kills 6, then self, at Colorado birthday party shooting A Colorado Springs police officer goes to help a person who was in a different mobile home to be able to get to her car from behind the crime tape in Colorado Springs, Colo., Sunday, May 9, 2021. A gunman opened fire at a birthday party in Colorado, slaying six adults before killing himself Sunday. Police say the shooting happened just after midnight in a mobile home park on the east side of Colorado Springs. The Colorado Springs Gazette reports officers arrived at a trailer to find six dead adults and a man with serious injuries who died later at a hospital. (Source: Jerilee Bennett/The Colorado Springs Gazette via AP/The Colorado Springs Gazette)