Gunman In Denver Area Shooting Spree Identified: Police

LAKEWOOD, CO — Investigators identified the man who shot four people to death Monday in the Denver area, police said in a news conference Tuesday. Another person who was wounded in the shooting died Tuesday, raising the death count to five, authorities said.

Lyndon McLeod, 47, went on the shooting spree in Denver and Lakewood before he was killed by police at the Belmar shopping center, investigators said. Several people were injured in the shootings, according to police.

Two women were shot to death and a man was wounded just after 5 p.m. at a tattoo shop near First Avenue and Broadway, police said.

The women have been identified as Alicia Cardenas and Alyssa Gunn-Maldonado, according to friends, social media posts and multiple reports.

Then McLeod shot and killed a man near Williams Street and 12th Avenue, police said.

More shootings were reported near Eighth Avenue and Zuni Street, as well as Sixth Avenue and Cherokee Street, but no injuries were reported, investigators said.

Then McLeod shot a man to death at a tattoo shop around 6 p.m. near Colfax Avenue and Kipling Street in Lakewood, according to police.

The man who was shot has been identified as Danny Scofield, 38, a father of three and a tattoo artist, Fox 31 reported.

A clerk was also shot in the Hyatt House and hospitalized, but later died, officials confirmed. She's been identified by police as Sarah Steck, 28.

The shooter ran out of the hotel and shot at officers, injuring one, police said. The officers fired back and killed the gunman near the Belmar shopping center, according to authorities.

McLeod, a tattoo artist, knew nearly everyone he shot and targeted them, investigators said. A motive for the shooting spree was not released.

McLeod was "on the radar of law enforcement," police said, but charges were not filed after 2020 and 2021 investigations. His business, Flat Black Ink Corp, published books that depicted a man killing his enemies.

The officer who was wounded is expected to survive, police said.

"A terrible, heartbreaking and senseless act of gun violence stole the lives of several members of our community last night and injured others," Denver Mayor Michael Hancock said in a statement.

"I’m praying for those lives lost, the victims and their families."