State Hits 1M Mark For Vaccine Doses, Awaits Approval To Begin Vaccinating Younger Children –
Albuquerque Journal, KUNM
Over 1 million New Mexicans have now received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
The Albuquerque Journal reported the state hit the 1 million mark on Monday and it means New Mexico is on track to reach the goal of fully vaccinating 60% of adults by the end of June.
The New Mexico Department of Health has set that target for fully reopening the state.
As of Monday, 60% of people 16 and older have received at least one vaccine dose and 48% are fully vaccinated. Vaccines are available to anyone 16 and older and appointments may be scheduled at vaccineNM.org.
Thomas Peipert
A memorial is seen on Monday, May 10, 2021, outside a mobile home in Colorado Springs, Colo., where a shooting at a party took place a day earlier that killed six people before the gunman took his own life. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert) May 11, 2021 - 4:49 PM
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) â 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 girlfriendâs 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 a 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
Colorado birthday party shooting suspect killed 6 because he was not invited, police say
By Catherine Park
Colorado Springs update on birthday party mass shooting
Colorado Springs investigators release the names of the victims as well as the suspect involved in the mass shooting that left 7 people dead, including the gunman.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Colorado Springs Police Department held a news conference Tuesday and released the names of the victims of the mass shooting that left seven people dead, including the gunman, on May 9.
During the news conference, Colorado Springs Police Lt. Joe Frabelle revealed the possible motive behind the shooting, stating that the suspect opened fire on the victims because he was not invited to the party.
Thomas Peipert
A Colorado Springs Police Department officer lifts up crime tape at the scene where multiple people were shot and killed early Sunday, May 9, 2021, in Colorado Springs, Colo. 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 werenât hurt and were placed with relatives. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP) May 10, 2021 - 10:03 PM
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Residents of a tight-knit trailer park in Colorado Springs tried to make sense of a weekend shooting at a birthday party that killed six people before the gunman, described as a boyfriend of one of the victims, took his own life.
Nubia Marquez, right, is comforted by other family members near the scene where her mother and other family members were killed in a mass shooting early Sunday morning in Colorado Springs, Colorado on May 9, 2021. Police believe that the shooter was one of those that was dead. The shooting happened around 12:20 a.m. on Preakness Way inside the Canterbury Manufactured Home Community off of Powers Blvd. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)
JERILEE BENNETT