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.
First Posted: May 10, 2021 10:01 PM EDT
The birthday celebrant identified the victims of the recent Colorado Springs shooting that happened Sunday. At least seven deaths were discovered by the law enforcement officers when they arrived at the scene.
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The party where the shooting occurred was for three celebrants, including 28-year-old Nuvia Marquez s, as reported by The Gazette. Marquez shared that the party was a triple birthday celebration with her brother and their mother, who were both killed in the tragic incident. The brother, Melvin Perez, would have turned 31 this week. Joana Cruz, their mom, would have turned 54.
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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
Family members Macias Jr, was the boyfriend of Sandra Ibarra