'Unspeakable acts': Gunman kills 6, then self, at birthday party in Colorado Springs, Colorado, police say
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Seven people are dead, including the suspected gunman, after a shooting at a Colorado Springs, Colorado, birthday party, police said Sunday.
Authorities responded to a shooting call at a mobile home park early Sunday and found six adults dead and one man seriously injured. The man later died at the hospital, the Colorado Springs Police Department said in a news release.
Police said children at the trailer were not hurt and are now with relatives.
The suspected shooter was the boyfriend of a female victim at the party attended by friends, family, and children. He walked inside and began shooting before dying by suicide, police said.
The neighborhood, lined with mobile homes with big yards, is usually quiet, the Denver Post reported.
Freddy Marquez told the Denver Post that he had attended the party and all the victims were members of the same extended family who were celebrating the birthdays of Marquez's wife and her brother.
In an initial report, police said the shooter knew the victims. Police have not released their names and saidthey are still investigating a motive.
Colorado Springs is about 70 miles south of Denver. It is Colorado's second-biggest city, behind Denver.
Colorado had the sixth-highest rate of public mass killings out of the 50 states in a database compiled in March by USA TODAY, Northeastern University and The Associated Press.
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