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The 47-year-old man who shot and killed five people and injured two others during an hour-long killing spree between Denver and Lakewood was previously under investigation by law enforcement, police said at a news conference Tuesday.

Police identified the shooter as Lyndon McLeod and said he knew many of the people he targeted. McLeod opened fire in two tattoo shops, killed a clerk in a Lakewood hotel and hunted two people inside their Denver homes. In a 2018 book connected to McLeod, the author described in detail a fictional murder that closely mirrored one of Monday’s attacks.

McLeod had previously been investigated by law enforcement in 2020 and 2021 but the investigations did not lead to state or federal charges, Denver police Chief Paul Pazen said. The chief declined several times to describe the nature of the investigations.

“This individual was on the radar of law enforcement,” Pazen said.

Pazen said it was too soon to determine a motive for the killings Tuesday, which began in central Denver and ended in the busy Belmar shopping area in Lakewood. At least four of those shot worked in tattoo shops.

Denver police did not release the names of the three people killed in Denver, but family members identified one of the victims as 44-year-old Alicia Cardenas. Jimmy Maldonado was injured in Denver during the spree and is in critical condition at Denver Health, a hospital spokeswoman confirmed. His wife, Alyssa Gunn Maldonado, died in the shooting, according to a GoFundme campaign set up by a friend.

Lakewood police spokesman John Romero identified the two victims shot in Lakewood as Danny Scofield, 38, and Sarah Steck, 28.

Steck died Tuesday in the hospital, Romero said. McLeod did not know Steck but had a history with the hotel she worked at, the Hyatt House, Romero said. McLeod spoke briefly with Steck before shooting her, he said.

“Obviously, it could’ve been a lot worse than it was,” Romero said. “Belmar is a very popular area and it was very populated at the time.”

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