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A fifth person has died following aseries of shootingsin Colorado.
Steck was one of two people killed in Lakewood Monday. Romero also identified 38-year-old Danny Schofield as a Lakewood victim of the shooting spree. Schofield was shot at the Lucky 13 Tattoo Parlor and pronounced dead at the scene.
Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen said during the Tuesday press conference that McLeod “was on the radar of law enforcement” prior to the shooting spree. Pazen said McLeod had been the subject of “two prior investigations,” neither of which yielded “state or criminal charges.”
He did not share additional details, but did say that the investigations were held in 2020 and 2021, respectively.
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Denver Police Commander Matt Clark said Tuesday that McLeod began his shooting spree in Denver, where he killed three people and injured one. Police received a call at around 5:20 p.m. Monday, alerting authorities to a shooting that occurred at a business, where two women were killed and a man was injured. A third victim was killed at his home, Clark said, before McLeod fled the scene.
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While he did not name the officer, he described her as a “heroic” three-year veteran of the police who is now in stable condition after undergoing surgery. Romero said, “She took a situation that was horrendous and put herself in harm’s way to stop it.”
In the case of the Denver incidents, authorities said McLeod knew his victims through “personal relationships” and “business relationships,” Pazen said.
“Based on what we know, it does appear that the offender was targeting specific people in this case. The victims were known to the offender.”
source: people.com
