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.
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The suspect was later fatally shot by the police on Saturday (31 October).
Eyewitnesses said that an unidentified gunman shot and killed two woman and a bicyclist and set the second floor of a residential building on fire, according to CNN.
When police arrived on the scene, the suspect began shooting.
Police are withholding the identity of the victims and shooter pending completion of autopsies and identification of next of kin.
Abshire told The Gazette he rushed to help, but that one of the victims was already dead, shot in the chest.
The gunman, who hasn’t been identified, was killed in a shootout with police. The suspect opened fire, and police fired back, Lieutenant Catherine Buckley said.
“They yelled, ‘Put the gun down, ‘ and he turned around, and that’s when they shot at him a good 20 times”, witness Aaron Nicks told KKTV. “I picked her head up, posted her in the corner”, he said. He said he took her pulse and did not feel a heartbeat.
Officers also found a small fire in one of the homes on the 200 block of North Prospect, believed to be started by the gunman. According to 9News, a witness, Betty Barker, was having coffee in her living room when she heard gunshots. When officers encountered the suspect, the person had moved just over a 800m away to an intersection with fast-food restaurants, businesses and a high school campus.
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“I just thank god that he didn’t shoot me”, she said. The investigation into the police shooting is being handled by the El Paso County Sheriff’s Department.
