12-30-2021, 10:06 AM
You're not gonna believe this but he was an "alpha male" type who thought men were getting soft and didn't like women's roles in society changing.
And he was already known to the police.
I know! So weird that he ended up shooting a bunch of people!
https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/crime/suspect-in-denver-metro-tattoo-shop-shooting-rampage-harbored-extremist-views-sources-tell-abc-news
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https://kdvr.com/news/local/man-targeted-during-denver-shooting-spree-says-gunman-threatened-him-years-ago/
And he was already known to the police.
I know! So weird that he ended up shooting a bunch of people!
https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/crime/suspect-in-denver-metro-tattoo-shop-shooting-rampage-harbored-extremist-views-sources-tell-abc-news
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Quote:ENVER – The gunman suspected of killing five people and injuring two others in a shooting rampage across Denver and Lakewood Monday night harbored extremist views and had a history of psychotic episodes, multiple law enforcement sources confirmed with ABC News Tuesday.
The sources told Denver7's parent network a "mix of factors" were at work in motivating 47-year-old Lyndon McLeod for the rampage, which started shortly after 5 p.m. Monday, according to a preliminary assessment by federal law enforcement agents.
McLeod was a self-published author under the pseudonym "Roman McClay," according to information provided to Denver7 which has been corroborated. Under that name, McLeod's most prominent book follows a character which shares the gunman's real name, and lives in Colorado. In that book, some of the victims in Monday's shootings are mentioned by name.
The text can be best described as a men's rights movement manifesto in which McLeod ponders on the topics of hegemonic masculinity, feminism, and the desire to commit mass murder.
During a news conference Tuesday, a spokesperson with the Denver Police Department confirmed McLeod was on the radar of law enforcement and had been investigated on two prior occasions — once in mid-2020 and most recently in early 2021. Police declined to answer questions about what those investigations entailed, only saying they did not lead to criminal charges against him.
The rampage apparently began with the tattoo parlor near 1st Avenue and Broadway as the target, according to preliminary findings of the investigation. There, the gunman shot Alicia Cardenas, 44, owner of Sol Tribe Tattoo & Piercing, and Alyssa Gunn-Maldonado. Maldonado's husband, who Denver7 is not identifying, was injured in the shooting and remains in critical condition, according to a spokesperson with the Denver Police Department. He is expected to survive.
Following the shooting, McLeod reportedly burglarized a home near the intersection of West 6th Ave. and Cherokee Street and shots were fired, but no one was injured. He then broke into a home at 12th Avenue and Williams Street around Cheesman Park at around 5:45 p.m., where he shot and killed one man inside, according to police.
McLeod's vehicle was eventually spotted by police who briefly cornered him on 8th Avenue and Zuni Street before he fired upon them, disabling a police vehicle and fleeing the scene. No officers were injured in the exchange of gunfire, police said.
During a news conference Tuesday afternoon, officials with the Denver Police Department said all of the Denver victims were known to McLeod, but did not specify as to his relationship with any of the victims.
Just before 6 p.m., Lakewood police received a call about a shooting at the Lucky Thirteen Tattoo shop on Kipling Street, near the intersection with West Colfax Avenue. There, surveillance video captured McLeod entering the shop with a gun in hand where Lakewood police officers said he shot and killed 38-year-old Danny Scofield before leaving the tattoo shop ten seconds later and taking off in a black-colored van.
About four minutes later, Lakewood police said they were able to positively identify McLeod's vehicle after a "be on the lookout" alert was shared with police departments across the metro. When agents tried to contact McLeod, he reportedly fired at officers, according to police.
The suspect then fled on foot into the shopping area, threatened people inside a business with a firearm, and retreated into the Hyatt House hotel near the intersection of South Vance Street and West Alaska Drive, where he had a brief conversation with a front desk clerk before he shot her multiple times, police said during the Tuesday news conference. The woman, who died Tuesday at an area hospital, was identified by police as 28-year-old Sarah Steck.
https://kdvr.com/news/local/man-targeted-during-denver-shooting-spree-says-gunman-threatened-him-years-ago/
Quote:DENVER (KDVR) — The owner of a Denver tattoo business says the man responsible for a deadly shooting spree across Denver and Lakewood was out to get revenge on those who worked at the same shop on Sixth Avenue and Cherokee Street several years ago after he was let go.
The FOX31 Problem Solvers’ Shaul Turner talked to Jeremy Costilow, who shared his terrifying account of being targeted by the shooter.
Costilow said the suspect forced his way into the home where his family lives, which is attached to that tattoo shop that he now runs as Six Collective Tattoo.
Gunman kills 5, injures officer and 2 others in shooting spree
The family ran to nearby World Tattoo, where the staff hid Costilow’s girlfriend and baby.
While the family was hiding, the van where Costilow keeps supplies for his tattoo shop was set on fire and destroyed.
Costilow told FOX31 a friend had warned him that the suspect was out to kill him.
He said he had received threatening flyers but was shocked to learn the suspect had written about targeting his shop in a series of books.
“After a few weeks of watching my back and locking my gate, it just kind of went away and I never took it too seriously. Then I would have read the book — he put that little flyer on my shop two years ago — and I wish I just — I didn’t want to read his book. I just didn’t like him. I should have read it. I would have gotten a little more worried,” Costilow said.
What did police know about shooting spree suspect, did investigators read his ‘kill list’ book?
Costilow told FOX31 he wishes authorities would have warned him about what was in the book. He said that some of the victims in the shootings had worked in his shop six years ago.
He also said he was armed when the suspect broke in, but wouldn’t fire the gun near his baby in order to protect her hearing.
A GoFundMe account has been established to help Jeremy with his recovery.
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