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Friday, November 15
Police identify subject who caused 5 deaths in several shootings in Colorado
Police identified this Tuesday a subject who starred in a series of shootings in the city of Denver and nearby Lakewood town , both in Colorado, where five people were killed and two more were injured.
Lyndon McLeod, from 47 years and who died after facing the Police, was accused of opening fire on Monday at various points in Denver and Lakewood, without the causes being yet specified.
The Chief of Police of Denver, Paul Pazen, indicated in a press conference that the individual “was on the radar of the security agencies “, as it was the subject of two” previous investigations “in 2020 and earlier this year, without “state or federal criminal charges” being filed against him.
“On Monday, at around 5 pm local time, a gunman opened fire at multiple locations in central Denver, Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen said at a press conference. The suspect is now dead, and a motive is unclear, Pazen shared. “https: // t. co / wSL2wnh3TI
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Lakewood Police spokesman John Romero said at the same conference that one of the deceased was identified as Danny. Scofield, aged 38 years, who was shot by McLeod in a tattoo parlor.
This Tuesday Sarah Steck died in a hospital, from 28 years, a hotel employee with whom the attacker had a “very b reve ”before shooting her, Romero explained.
The Denver Post newspaper noted that one of the three victims in Denver was identified by his relatives such as Alicia Cárdenas, of 44 years.
Romero noted that McLeod eventually confronted a Lakewood Police officer while walking through the Belmar shopping area. After being injured, the policewoman managed to hit the attacker.
According to reports, After five in the afternoon local time on Monday, the first shooting took place on a Denver street . In that incident the suspect shot three people, two women were killed and a man was injured.
Shortly thereafter there was a second shooting in which another man was killed, and later there was a third incident in which there were also shots but no injuries.
The police located the suspect’s car and there was a chase with an exchange of gunfire No injuries. The suspect managed to flee, although again he was involved in another incident, already in Lakewood.
In that place, the suspect carried out another shooting with another deceased person. Shortly afterwards he shot a hotel worker and later confronted a policewoman whom he wounded .
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