A man kills six people in a shooting during a children's birthday party in the US

At least six people have been murdered early this Sunday in Colorado Springs, in the US state of Colorado, after being shot while they were at a birthday party, an attack after which the alleged perpetrator would have committed suicide. In a statement, the agents responded to an emergency call for shots at 00:18 (local time) and upon arrival they found six adults dead and another seriously injured, who has been transferred to the hospital, where due to the severity of the wounds has also died. The preliminary investigation indicates that they were celebrating a birthday party for one of the victims, and the suspect, a boyfriend of one of the victims, drove to the place of the party and opened fire on the attendees, after which would have killed himself. Among the attendees, there were also children, although they are all safe and with their families, according to NBC. Security forces continue to work In the investigation to determine a possible cause of the attack. “The suspect, a boyfriend of one of the female victims, drove to the residence, entered and began shooting at people at the party before taking his own life,” police said. it’s a statement. “We are still investigating to determine a motive.” Authorities have not released the identities of the victims. “From the officers who responded to the shooting to the investigators still on the scene, we were all incredibly shocked,” said Colorado Springs Police Chief Vince Niski. “This is something you hope will never happen in your own community.”Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers said this “senseless act of violence” has shocked the community and asked to pray for the victims, their families and first responders. A woman who lived in the trailer park told Denver Post that she was awakened by the sound of gunshots and that she thought it was a thunderstorm. The Colorado Springs-based newspaper The Gazette reported that family and friends of the victims gathered outside Sunday afternoon. It was the third mass shooting in Colorado Springs since October 2015, including a massacre on Halloween and an attack on a family planning clinic, local media recalled. a series of mass shootings in recent months, including one at a FedEx location in Indianapolis, another at offices in California, a third at a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado and another at various massage parlors in Atlanta. Last month, President Joe Biden called gun violence an “epidemic” and an “international embarrassment” for his country. In 2020, there were more than 43,000 in the United States. firearm-related deaths, according to the Gun Violence Archive.