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RandySF

(58,508 posts)
Sun May 9, 2021, 06:05 PM May 2021

6 victims in shooting at Colorado Springs birthday party, suspected gunman takes own life

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — In a "senseless act of violence" early Sunday morning, a man drove to a birthday party at a mobile home, walked inside and started shooting, killing six people and himself, according to police.

The Colorado Springs Police Department said officers responded to a report of the shooting at 12:18 a.m. in the 2800 block of Preakness Way, which is in a manufactured home community along South Powers Boulevard.

Officers found six adults dead inside the residence. One man was taken to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, police said.
"Words fall short to describe the tragedy that took place this morning," said Colorado Springs Police Chief Vince Niski. "As the chief of police, as a husband, as a father, as a grandfather, as a member of this community, my heart breaks for the families who have lost someone they love and for the children who have lost their parents."

Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers said, "Today we find ourselves mourning the loss of lives and praying solemnly for those who were injured and those who lost family members in a senseless act of violence on Sunday morning."


https://www.9news.com/article/news/crime/colorado-springs-shooting-multiple-victims/73-428e2525-2e0d-4c6e-a716-6badf26bedea

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6 victims in shooting at Colorado Springs birthday party, suspected gunman takes own life (Original Post) RandySF May 2021 OP
It will never end. Ever. We love guns more than life. AllyCat May 2021 #1
It guts me that there were children present. Kittycow May 2021 #2
I know how to stop them, kacekwl May 2021 #3
Will it ever end?😢 diehardblue May 2021 #4

AllyCat

(16,152 posts)
1. It will never end. Ever. We love guns more than life.
Sun May 9, 2021, 06:08 PM
May 2021

Horrible, embarrassing, impossible to comprehend.

Kittycow

(2,396 posts)
2. It guts me that there were children present.
Sun May 9, 2021, 06:43 PM
May 2021

Those poor kids. I can't imagine how traumatized they are and their years of suffering ahead trying to deal with this.

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