Colorado Shooting Links

In December of 2007, two shootings occurred within a day in Colorado: one at a Youth With A Mission dormitory in Arvada, and another at the New Life Church in Colorado Springs. Though authorities weren't initially sure if the two cases were linked,¹ they soon established that they were carried out by a single gunman named Matthew Murray.

Fast Facts

1. Date: December 9, 2007
2. Total of five people died (including Murray)²
3. Five more were wounded²
4. Attacks occurred about 12 hours and 80 miles apart³
5. Arvada shooting occurred around 12:30 AM²
6. Murray had been kicked out of Youth With A Mission (YWAM), was seeking revenge²
7. There was a YWAM office in New Life Church
8. Murray killed himself after being shot several times by a volunteer security guard at New Life Church³
9. He had been sending threatening letters to YWAM²
10. Posted threatening messages on the Internet before the New Life shooting²

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