WASHINGTON () – The death toll from a shooting spree across multiple locations in Colorado, which ended when the gunman was himself shot dead, has risen to five, police said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The trail of shooting began around 5:00 pm on Monday and unfolded across at least four different locations in the cities of Denver and Lakewood, said police, who had initially put the death toll at four.<\/p>\n
Two women were killed and a man was wounded in the first location in Denver, police said, with another man shot dead outside his residence.<\/p>\n
The gunman then traveled to neighboring Lakewood, where he fatally shot another man in the Lucky 13 tattoo parlor and wounded another individual.<\/p>\n
Working off information gathered from the previous assaults, Lakewood officers were able to identify the shooter as he moved locations.<\/p>\n
The shooter entered a shopping center where he fatally shot a female employee, police said.<\/p>\n
He then encountered a police officer in the shopping center who ordered him to drop his weapon. In the subsequent exchange of fire, the officer was wounded but shot dead the suspect.<\/p>\n
The gunman was “pronounced dead on the scene” said Lakewood police spokesman John Romero. He added the police officer was “doing well” but that she would need further surgery.<\/p>\n
The shooter\u2019s motivations were unknown, but police said that “based on what we know, it does appear that the offender was targeting specific people.”<\/p>\n
Two weapons were recovered by police.<\/p>\n
Gun violence is a huge problem in the United States and gun control advocates say the issue is fueled by the prevalence of firearms as well as by relatively lax gun laws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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