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
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. (AP) 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.
Police seek motive in shooting at Colorado birthday party that left 6 dead By Associated Press
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5 Photos 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) Photo Gallery
DENVER A shooting at a birthday party inside a trailer park home in Colorado Springs that killed six people before the gunman took his own life stunned a state weary of gun violence just weeks after another Colorado mass shooting killed 10 people.
Gunman kills six at party in Colorado, then shoots himself
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A gunman on Sunday opened fire at a birthday party in Colorado, killing six people in the early hours, before taking his own life, police said.
Colorado Springs police responded shortly after midnight to an emergency call at a mobile home park, where they found six adults shot dead and one adult male who was seriously injured.
He was transported to hospital, where he died from his injuries.
Preliminary investigations revealed that families had gathered for a birthday party inside one of the trailers when the shooting occurred.
Updated Monday at 1:02 p.m.
Police on Monday are investigating what led a gunman, who they said was the boyfriend of one of the victims, to walk into a crowded birthday party inside a trailer park home in Colorado Springs early Sunday and open fire.
Six adults were killed at the home at the Canterbury Mobile Home Park on the east side of Colorado s second-largest city, and a seventh died at a hospital, authorities said. The shooter was the boyfriend of a female victim at the party attended by friends, family and children, police said.
Authorities didn t release the names of the victims, gunman or disclose a possible motive. Nor did they release any further details on what weapon or weapons were used. Officials were still in the process of identifying the victims, Sandy Wilson of the El Paso County Coroner’s Office said Monday.