On Sunday, a man killed six people at a birthday party in Colorado, then turned his gun on him. The suspect was the boyfriend of one of the victims. None of the children present were injured, police said.
A man opened fire at a birthday party in Colorado on Sunday, killing six people before turning the gun on him, police said. Colorado Springs police received an emergency call in the morning from a mobile home park, where they found six adults shot dead and a seriously injured man. The latter was taken to hospital where he died of his injuries.
The first elements of the investigation revealed that the shootings broke out in one of the mobile homes, where families were gathered to celebrate a birthday. “The suspect, boyfriend of a woman among the victims, drove to the scene, started shooting at the guests and then killed himself,” police said in a statement. “We are still investigating to determine the motive.”
None of the children present were injured, police said, and all were taken in by family members. The victims have not been publicly identified.
More than 43,000 gun deaths listed in the United States in 2020
The United States has seen a series of gun attacks in recent weeks: on a FedEx delivery service site in Indianapolis, an office building in California, a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, and in several spas in Atlanta. US President Joe Biden last month called gun violence in the United States an “epidemic” and “international disgrace”.
More than 43,000 gun deaths were recorded in the United States last year, including suicides, according to figures from Gun Violence Archive, a research association on gun violence.
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