December 27, 2021 (2021-12-27) c. 5:25 p.m. – 6:12 p.m. (UTC-6)
Attack type
Mass shooting, spree shooting
Weapons
Firearms
Deaths
6 (including the perpetrator)
Injured
2
Perpetrator
Lyndon James McLeod (pen name Roman McClay)
Defender
Officer Ashley Ferris
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]
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]
^Sutton, Joe; Levenson, Eric; Vera, Amir; Alvarado, Caroll (December 29, 2021). "A gunman killed 5 people and wounded others in a shooting spree across the Denver area, police say". CNN. Archived from the original on May 24, 2023. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
^Isenberg, Sydney (December 30, 2021). "Lakewood police identify hero officer who shot, killed gunman in Denver-Lakewood mass shooting". Denver 7 Colorado News (KMGH). Archived from the original on May 24, 2023. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
^Garger, Kenneth (December 28, 2021). "Denver shooting spree suspect Lyndon McLeod harbored extremist views: report". New York Post. Archived from the original on December 29, 2021. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
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