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Four people are dead, including a suspected gunman, after a shooting in downtown Colorado Springs on Saturday, according to police.

More on this story: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/10/31/4-dead-including-suspected-gunman-in-colorado-springs-shooting/

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4 dead, including suspect, in Colorado Springs - CNN.com http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/31/us/colorado-springs-shooting/

Colorado Springs, Colorado - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Springs,_Colorado/

not a "shooting spree", he shot a couple of people and the cops tracked him down and then there was a shootout...


shoot spree doesn't sound right here...

well, you have your way of looking at things, as do i... only thing we really know right now is that he shot 3 people, one man and two women... with a rifle, i wanna add...

Agreed. I should of reworded the attention getter email alert.

from the fbi website:


The general definition of spree murder is two or more murders committed by an offender or offenders, without a cooling-off period. According to the definition, the lack of a cooling-off period marks the difference between a spree murder and a serial murder. Central to the discussion was the definitional problems relating to the concept of a cooling-off period. Because it creates arbitrary guidelines, the confusion surrounding this concept led the majority of attendees to advocate disregarding the use of spree murder as a separate category. The designation does not provide any real benefit for use by law enforcement.


https://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/serial-murder

that would fit into the FBI's definition then... seems more like a way to sell it to sponsors...

(Reuters) - Four people, including the suspect, died on Saturday in a series of shootings over several city blocks in downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado, where the shooter died after an exchange of gunfire with police, authorities said.

Colorado Springs police responded to an emergency call of shots fired and tracked down the suspect, who shot at them before they returned fire, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.

El Paso County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Jacqueline Kirby told reporters that police shot an armed suspect near a Wendy's restaurant, according to the Colorado Springs Gazette.

"The crime scene investigation covers multiple city blocks," the Sheriff's Office statement said.

Authorities said there appears to be no further threat to the community, and Kirby said that aside from the four people killed in the shooting, including the suspect, no one else was injured.

Matt Abshire, 21, a resident of the area, told the Gazette he looked out from his apartment and saw a man with a rifle shoot another person. Abshire then went outside and saw the shooter open fire and strike a pair of women, including one who appears to have been shot in the face, he told the newspaper.

The Colorado Springs area is home to the U.S. Air Force Academy.

(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis in Los Angeles and Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; Editing by James Dalgleish)

Condolences to the victims families.

Either way you cut it, handgun or rifle (it was a rifle) serial shooter (like Arizona interstate this year) or shooting spree (like this) it doesn't bode well for the case that current legislation, and lack of enforcement of those laws, is sufficient.

For those who have guns and or want to buy guns, legally of course, it might be in your best interest to start calling out the criminals flooding the streets with illegal and nearly untraceable guns and the law enforcement agencies who have FULL knowledge of these transactions. Idiots like this guy walking down the street casually after shooting a woman IN THE FACE then shooting at Police SERVING AND PROTECTING who were kind enough to offer the shooter a chance to surrender, returned that kindness by shooting at them too. When someone does something this F'd up, it makes police and Local politicians have to answer very difficult questions by friends family and witnesses/bystanders. One thing they can't do is know what's on the mind of a suspect who haven't voiced their thoughts or intentions. No one expects that. What they can do is stop the unencumbered flow of guns and ammo for anyone with enough cash on hand. The second amendment will never be repealed. Even a democratic majority ruled congress under a democratic president would'nt do that. Passing and enforcing common sense legislation that doesn't require outright 'gun grabbing' can be done while PRESERVING our right to bear arms SENSIBLY. It won't end all gun crime, we all know that, but it can decrease the infringement on our right to bear arms and the pursuit of happiness quickly extinguished by sick bastards walking around shooting women IN THE FACE.
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