investigations, and neither of these investigations resulted in state or federal filings. reporter: the shooter was lyndon james mcleod targeted victims and in a series of books foreshadowed what happened. wrote under a pseudonym but used real names and places for some victims. in one book wrote about a character named lyndon mcleod specifically mentioning a condo building overlooking the park in denver and in police gear crash a man named michael swinyard s poker night and execute him for betrayal and take everyone s cash. 67-year-old michael swinyard was killed in monday s shooting at that same address. according to a memo from the building manager, obtained by cnn, the shooter arrived a the building impersonating a police officer. in another book one character says, look, i killed alecia cardnos as were el.
44-year-old alecia among the first killed. owner of a tattoo shop. a real leader in her community. a lot of people looked to her for advice and information about tattooing. it s the world we live it, it s just horrible. reporter: in total five people killed in about an hour. three worked in tattoo shops. shootings spanned multiple locations starting in denver before police tracked the gunman to nearby lakewood where he entered a hotel shooting and killing 28-year-old sarah steck who was working at the front desk. not long after, more shots fired. this time hitting lakewood police agent ashley faris, according to police while on the ground wounded able to return fire and kill the shooter. she was able to not only save others from this terrible tragedy, but also neutralized the threat and i can t say