Updated May 11
Man who killed 6 at Colorado birthday party was upset he wasn’t invited
Police say Teodoro Macias had been in a relationship with one of the victims and he d had some kind of conflict with her family at a previous gathering.
By THOMAS PEIPERTAssociated Press
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Freddy Marquez kisses the head of his wife, Nubia Marquez, near the scene where her mother and other family members were killed in a mass shooting early Sunday in Colorado Springs, Colo. Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via Associated Press
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. A man who fatally shot six people at a Colorado birthday party before killing himself was upset after not being invited to the weekend gathering thrown by his girlfriend’s family, police said Tuesday, calling the shooting an act of domestic violence.
“At the core of this horrific act is domestic violence,” Police Chief Vince Niski said, adding that the gunman had “displayed power and control issues” in the relationship. About a week before the shooting, there was another family gathering where there “was some sort of conflict” between the family and Macias, Niski said.
The other victims of the shooting early Sunday were Ibarra’s extended family.
Investigators don’t know yet how the shooter got the weapon, which Frabbiele described as a Smith & Wesson handgun. He said it was originally purchased by someone else in 2014 at local gun store but was not reported stolen. The gunman had two 15-round magazines, one of which was empty, and police recovered 17 spent shells at the scene.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) – A man who fatally shot six people at a Colorado birthday party before killing himself was upset after not being invited to the weekend gathering thrown by his girlfriend’s family, police said Tuesday, calling the shooting an act of domestic violence.
The shooter, 28-year-old Teodoro Macias, had been in a relationship with one of the victims, 28-year-old Sandra Ibarra, for about a year and had history of controlling and jealous behavior, Colorado Springs police Lt. Joe Frabbiele said at a news conference. Police said there were no reported incidents of domestic violence during the relationship and that the shooter didn’t have a criminal history. No protective orders were in place.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) – A gunman who killed six people at a Colorado birthday party held by his girlfriend’s family over the weekend opened fire because he had not been invited and then killed himself, police said Tuesday.
The shooter had been in a relationship with one of the victims for about a year and had history of controlling and jealous behavior, Colorado Springs police Lt. Joe Frabelle said at a news conference. Police said the gunman had no reported incidents of domestic violence during the relationship and didn’t have a criminal history. No protective orders were in place.
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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. Photo / AP
Family and friends of the victims who died in a shooting, comfort each down the street from the scene in Colorado Springs. Photo / AP
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