2021 Denver and Lakewood shootings
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On December 27, 2021, a mass shooting occurred in downtown Denver and later moved to Lakewood, Colorado, United States where 47-year-old Lyndon McLeod fatally shot five people and wounded two others.[1] McLeod was fatally shot by Lakewood Police Agent Ashley Ferris, after the two exchanged gunfire.[2]
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Location | Denver, Colorado, U.S. Lakewood, Colorado, U.S. |
Coordinates | 39°43′2.424″N 104°49′14.632″W |
Date | December 27, 2021 (2021-12-27) c. 5:25 p.m. – 6:12 p.m. (UTC-6) |
Attack type | Mass shooting, spree shooting, mass murder |
Weapons | Firearms: |
Deaths | 6 (including the perpetrator) |
Injured | 2 |
Perpetrator | Lyndon James McLeod (pen name Roman McClay) |
Defender | Officer Ashley Ferris |
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McLeod held extremist and misogynistic views and was investigated by Denver police in 2020 and 2021, but did not have any charges filed against him.[3]