DENVER shooting suspect Lyndon McLeod allegedly killed five in a “targeted” attack as cops admitted he was “on their radar” years before his deadly rampage.
Five people died in the spate of shootings that hit Denver and Lakewood, Colorado on Monday night.
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Police say that McLeod, 47, is believed to have targeted victims he knew – including two women and a man at tattoo shops, according to KDVR.
Denver Police chief Paul Pazen said McLeod was investigated in 2020 and early last year but didn’t explain why.
No charges were ever filed against McLeod.
Alicia Cardenas and Alyssa Gunn-Maldonado were killed at Sol Tribe Tattoo and Piercing on Broadway in Denver.
Denver and Lakewood Police say McLeod exchanged fire with officers twice before and managed to escape both times.
Danny Scofield was killed at Lucky 13 Tattoo on Kipling Street in Lakewood, according to Heavy.
A woman named Sarah Steck, who was working at the Hyatt House in Belmar, was also killed by McLeod.
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McLeod was shot and killed by a Lakewood Police agent after McLeod shot her. The officer is expected to survive her injuries, according to Fox31.
McLeod once had owned a business, Flat Black Ink Corp, according to business records. The former address now belongs to World Tattoo in Denver.
Flat Black Ink Corp has been in delinquent status with state regulators since 2017.
Though a motive has not been established, authorities don’t believe the attacks were random.
‘SPECIFIC TARGETS’
“It does appear that the offender was targeting specific people in this case,” Denver Police Commander Matt Clark said.
“The victims were known to the offender.”
Initial reports said that only four people were killed in the attack, but authorities later updated that number to five.
Four out of the five victims either worked at or were near tattoo parlors at the time that they were killed.
However, authorities said it is too early to determine exactly why McLeod targeted the victims.
Victim Alicia Cardenas’ father, Alfredo, confirmed to KMGH-TV that she was killed in the attack. He said she owned Sol Tribe Tattoo and had worked at the location for 15 to 20 years.
Tattoo artist Alyssa Gunn-Maldonado was also killed at the shop, and her husband Jimmy Maldonado, who worked as a piercer, was wounded.
The fifth victim, who has not yet been identified by police, was killed at a home on Williams Street near Cheesman Park in Denver, according to the Colorado Sun.
McLeod, who reportedly also had several extremist views, published a three-book sci-fi series from 2018 to 2020 that appears to glorify violence.
He has appeared to harbor alt-right conspiracy theories online.
McLeod shared a Covid conspiracy meme on Twitter that appears to show Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg and Microsoft founder Bill Gates discussing an “injectable nanoworm”.
The conspiracy theory is completely baseless and studies have shown that the risk of severe illness from Covid-19 is reduced by 90 percent or more among people who are fully vaccinated.
Last year, the suspected gunman ranted about emasculated men.
McLeod said: “Our entire society is made up of sh***y little f***s who insult badasses & get away with it because law enforcement & social norms protect the WEAK from the STRONG. I’m over it. The weak better buckle up… s**t is about to get real.”
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