More than half of mass shootings in recent years involve a perpetrator who killed an intimate partner or family member, including the gunman who killed six people in Colorado Springs.
Domestic violence often linked to mass shootings
Police say a man killed his girlfriend, 5 others, and then himself. We look at the link between domestic violence and mass murder, and Colorado s issues with both. Author: Steve Staeger Updated: 7:40 PM MDT May 10, 2021
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Investigators are expected to reveal more Tuesday about a mass shooting at a birthday party Sunday morning in Colorado Springs where a gunman killed six people before turning the gun on himself.
The shooting is the fourth deadliest in Colorado’s recent history. Police said the gunman shot and killed his girlfriend and five other adults inside the home. Children who we inside weren’t wounded in the shooting.
DA s office to host law enforcement training for domestic violence
Training is may 24-28 in Silver City
DEMING – The office of New Mexico Sixth Judicial District Attorney Michael Renteria is hosting and sponsoring a domestic violence training workshop for law enforcement agencies in the tri-county area (Luna, Hidalgo and Grant counties).
The in-person training will be from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. May 24-28 in the Grant County Business and Conference Center located at 3031 US Hwy 180, next to the Ace Hardware Store in Silver City. The training will follow COVID-19 protocols in accordance with turquoise restrictions in Grant County.
This is accredited training by the Department of Pubic Safety. For more information, contact Christy in the DA s office at 575-388-1941.
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COLORADO SPRINGS â Sunday s mass shooting in Colorado Springs appears to be the fourth most deadly in our state s modern history. Colorado Springs Police believe the suspected shooter, in Sunday s mass shooting, was the boyfriend of one of the victims, and those close to the family are calling for more attention on the resources to help those in abusive or violent relationships.
I recently came across the comments section of a public post on Facebook and it didn t just rub me the wrong way, it infuriated me.
You may already be familiar with the Facebook page, EvansvilleWatch but if you re not, it s a Facebook page run by a group of people in the Evansville area who monitor the local police scanners and then post Facebook status updates about what they hear. Sometimes, the incidents being reported are funny. Sometimes, the way that they are phrased is a little tongue-in-cheek, making them funny.
But the post that has me fired up enough to write about it wasn t funny or amusingly phrased, yet the comment section turned into a comedic outlet for people who should probably leave the joke-telling to the professionals. The Facebook post from EvansvilleWatch reads,