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2021 Colorado Springs shooting

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2021 Colorado Springs shooting
Part of mass shootings in the United States
LocationColorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
Coordinates38°47′26″N 104°43′49″W / 38.79056°N 104.73022°W / 38.79056; -104.73022
DateMay 9, 2021 (2021-05-09)
12:18 a.m. (MDT)
WeaponsFirearm
Deaths7 (including the perpetrator)[1]
Injured0
PerpetratorTeodoro Macias Jr.

On May 9, 2021, a mass shooting occurred at a birthday party in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. Seven people were killed by Teodoro Macias Jr., who committed suicide after the killings.[2][3]

Shooting

Shortly after midnight on May 9, 2021, police responded to a shooting at Canterbury Mobile Home Park, located near the Colorado Springs Airport. The shooting happened at a birthday party, with adults and children gathered inside.[4] The shooter was 28-year-old Teodoro "Junior" Macias Jr., who according to the police, was a boyfriend of one of the female victims,[5] drove to the home, walked in, and started shooting. He then killed himself.[6] The birthday party was for one of the people killed in the shooting.[7]

When the police arrived, they found six adults who were dead and one man with serious injuries. He was transported to a hospital and died there.[8] The children present in the home at the time of the shooting were not injured.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Andone, Dakin (May 9, 2021). "6 people were killed at a Colorado Springs birthday party. The suspected shooter is also dead". CNN. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
  2. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Colorado man, 28, known as 'Junior' and described by neighbors as 'serious and quiet' is revealed as the Mother's Day massacre shooter who killed six and turned gun on himself".
  3. ^ Campbell-Hicks, Jennifer (May 9, 2021). "6 victims in shooting at Colorado Springs birthday party, suspected gunman takes own life". Retrieved May 9, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "6 people killed in apparent murder-suicide at birthday party in Colorado Springs". NBC News. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  5. ^ "7 Dead Including Gunman In Colorado Birthday Party Shooting". NPR.org. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  6. ^ a b Bryan Pietsch (May 9, 2021). "7 Dead in Shooting at Birthday Party in Colorado, Police Say". New York Times. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  7. ^ "Man kills 6, then self, at Colorado birthday party shooting". Associated Press. May 9, 2021. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  8. ^ Aspegren, Elinor. "'Unspeakable acts': Gunman kills 6, then self, at birthday party in Colorado Springs, Colorado, police say". USA TODAY. Retrieved May 10, 2021.


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