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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.
The mass shooting in Colorado Springs was part of a terrible weekend of gun violence Reis Thebault © Jerilee Bennett/AP Mourners at a memorial for those killed in a Sunday shooting at a mobile home in Colorado Springs. The incident was part of a deadly weekend of gun violence in America. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP) The sun had barely risen on Saturday when a man forced his way inside a home in suburban Maryland. He fatally shot three, authorities said, before officers killed him. Less than 24 hours later, police said a gunman killed six people and himself at a bi...
Suspect killed 6 at birthday party after not getting invite, police say Police identify 6 victims in Colorado Springs mass shooting UP NEXT Investigators say the suspect who killed six adults, including his girlfriend, and took his own life in front of young children at a Colorado Springs birthday party over the weekend was fueled by jealousy after he was not invited to the family gathering. The Colorado Springs Police Department identified the victims of Sunday's shooting as Melvin Perez, 30, Mayra Ibarra de Perez, 33, Jose Gutierrez-Cruz, 21, Joana Cruz, 52, Sandra Ibarra-Perez, 28, and...
'We’ve got children orphaned': Police name 6 victims of Colorado Springs birthday party shooting Christine Fernando, Ryan W. Miller and Grace Hauck, USA TODAY Gunman kills six people plus himself at Colorado Springs, Colo. birthday party UP NEXT Two families were gathered to celebrate birthdays at a Colorado Springs, Colorado, mobile home Sunday when a man who had been dating one of the women at the party entered the residence and fatally shot her and five others before taking his own life, police said Tuesday. "At the core of this horrendous act is domestic violence. T...
Suspect killed 6 at birthday party after not getting invite, police say Police identify 6 victims in Colorado Springs mass shooting Replay Video UP NEXT Investigators say the suspect who killed six adults, including his girlfriend, and took his own life in front of young children at a Colorado Springs birthday party over the weekend was fueled by jealousy after he was not invited to the family gathering. The Colorado Springs Police Department identified the victims of Sunday's shooting as Melvin Perez, 30, Mayra Ibarra de Perez, 33, Jose Gutierrez-Cruz, 21, Joana Cruz, 52, Sandra Ibarra-P...