At Least 3 Dead in Colorado Shootings; Gunman Also Killed

Police in the western U.S. state of Colorado say a gunman killed one person and wounded four churchgoers before he was shot dead by an armed guard employed by the church.

Officials say the man opened fire after a Sunday service ended at the New Life church in Colorado Springs.

About 12 hours earlier, another shooting incident claimed two lives at a missionary training facility in Arvada, Colorado, about 100 kilometers away.

Two staff members were shot to death shortly after midnight Saturday at a dormitory operated by a group called “Youth With a Mission.”

Police said the gunman killed the man and woman after his request to spend the night at the facility was refused. Two other people were wounded.

Police say they do not know whether the two shootings are connected.

by VOA News

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