A police officer responding to a reported armed robbery shot and killed a 13-year-old boy who had pulled from his waistband a BB gun that looked “practically identical” to a police weapon, authorities said Thursday. He added that when police officers approached Rosenberg about a mile away from the senior apartment complex, the elderly man committed suicide by shooting himself.
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Rosenberg gave the letter to another complex resident before the shootings. Rosenberg was found with a handgun and a rifle, Long said.
Eastman said she saw Rosenberg before the shooting, went out shopping and came back to find that the complex had turned into a crime scene.
A 77-year-old man living at a senior citizen apartment complex shot three people at the complex Wednesday, killing one of them, and then killed himself nearby as officers closed in on him, police said.
During the investigation, police determined Rosenberg fled the scene on a bicycle prior to officer’s arrival.
Building residents Gregory Gilbert, 65, and Larry Warwick, 74, were identified by Long as the victims who were wounded and taken to Cheyenne Regional Medical Center.
Rosenberg had “past contacts” with police but Long said he was unable to provide details.
But Eastman said Rosenberg wasn’t the only person with concerns about poker games held three days a week in the common area. They conspired to rob a poker game along with two associates, one of whom, Ramon Vasquez, was shot dead in the incident.
The Apartments is said to have 32 affordable housing units for households with at least one member aged 62 or older, according to its website.
She said other residents have complained about the frequent poker games.
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Messages left with the complex’s owner, Accessible Space Inc. of St. Paul, Minnesota, were not immediately returned.
