Denver Gunman Who Killed Five People In Shooting Knew The Victims

 

The gunman who killed five people and injured two other people in a series of  Denver shots, said  he was aiming for Shortly before 6 p.m. Lakewood Police received a report of gunfire at the Lucy 13 tattoo parlor. Police said  a man,  identified as Danny Schofield, 38, was killed there. . 

 After his car was spotted in the Belmar shopping district, McLeod opened fire on the police and the police retaliated, after which he escaped, threatened people at a restaurant and surrendered at the Hyatt House, where she briefly spoke  to a hotel employee, named  Sarah Steck, 28, and shot him. She was then declared deceased. 

 About a minute later, an unnamed Lakewood policeman saw him and ordered him to drop the gun and  shot him in the abdomen. The officer, who is in the hospital in  stable condition, then fired back, shooting McLeod and killing him. 

  A victim of the first shooting has been identified by family members as Alicia Cardenas, 44,  owner of the Sol Tribe tattoo parlor. 

 Alfredo Cardenas told KMGHTV that he owned his first tattoo parlor when he was 19  and had worked in the area for 15 or 20 years. 

 "Very sociable, very sympathetic, but he was a very determined person," he said. “He knew where he was going. She said she outlived a 12 year old boy. 

 Her boyfriend, Daniel Clelland, speaking outside his store where people put candles and flowers, said, “I don't know why someone would do that.