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 . . .
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.
US shooting: Man who killed 6 at Colorado birthday party was upset he wasn’t invited
US shooting: Man who killed 6 at Colorado birthday party was upset he wasn’t invited
Police have called the shooting at Colorado birthday party in which six died as an act of domestic violence. The shooter was upset for not being invited to the party thrown by his girlfriend’s family, police said.
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UPDATED: May 12, 2021 07:56 IST
People organise a memorial outside a home in Colorado Springs, where a shooting at a party took place that killed six people before the gunman took his own life. (Photo:AP)
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A photo of Joana Cruz (foreground) is seen at a makeshift memorial. Cruz was the matriarch of the family in which six people were shot to death early Mother s Day morning in the US.
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 on Tuesday (US time), 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 behaviour, Colorado Springs Police Lieutenant Joe Frabbiele said at a news conference.