Authorities in Colorado released the names of the six people killed during a weekend birthday party when a gunman who was angry about not being invited opened fire before taking his own life.
Who was Colorado Springs shooter Teodoro Macias?
Updated: May 12 2021, 4:20 ET
THE gunman involved in the massacre at a Colorado birthday party on May 9, 2021 has been identified as Teodoro Macias Jr.
But who is the Teodoro Macias Jr and what happened in Colorado Springs?Here’s the latest.
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Who is Teodoro Macias?
Teodoro Macias has been named as the suspected shooter that killed multiple people, including himself, at a Colorado Birthday Party on May 9, 2021.
He was believed to be the boyfriend of a female victim at the party, which was attended by friends, family and children.
Family members of the deceased girlfriend claim that the suspect was known to them as Junior.
The man suspected of fatally shooting six people before dying by suicide early Sunday morning at a Colorado Springs birthday party was identified by police as Teodoro Macias Jr.
Macias, 28, was angry that his girlfriend did not invite him to the party and responded by killing her and five adult relatives, police said at a Tuesday press conference.
“At the core of this horrendous act is domestic violence,” Colorado Springs Police Chief Vince Niski said, adding that Macias “displayed power and control issues” in the relationship….
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Gunman in Colorado birthday party shooting killed 6 people because he wasn’t invited: police
Updated May 11, 2021;
Posted May 11, 2021
Ricardo Caballeros was an acquaintance with the family members that were killed early Sunday morning, May 9, 2021 at the trailer park in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He brought flowers to lay at the base of the trailer on Monday, May 10, 2021. (Jerilee Bennett/Colorado Springs Gazette/TNS)TNS
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The man suspected of fatally shooting six people before dying by suicide early Sunday morning at a Colorado Springs birthday party was identified by police as Teodoro Macias Jr.
Macias, 28, was angry that his girlfriend did not invite him to the party and responded by killing her and five adult relatives, police said at a Tuesday press conference.
EXCLUSIVE: Colorado man, 28, known as Junior and described by neighbors as serious and quiet is revealed as the Mother s Day massacre shooter who killed six and turned gun on himself
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