2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings
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In the early morning hours of December 9, 2007, 24-year-old Matthew John Murray opened fire at the Youth With A Mission training center in Arvada, Colorado, killing two and wounding two others before escaping. Later that afternoon, he attacked the New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with a number of firearms, killing two more people and injuring three before being shot by Jeanne Assam, a member of the church's safety team. Murray then committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.[3]
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2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings | |
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Location | Arvada and Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. |
Date | December 9, 2007 (2007-12-09) c. 12:30 a.m.[1] ā c. 1:00 p.m.[2] |
Target | Youth With a Mission center and New Life Church |
Attack type | Spree shooting, hate crime, anti-Christian violence, mass murder, murder-suicide, mass shooting[3] |
Weapons | YWAM: Springfield Armory 9mm semi-automatic pistol[4] New Life:
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Deaths | 5 (including the perpetrator) |
Injured | 5 |
Perpetrator | Matthew John Murray |
Defender | New Life: Jeanne Assam (Former police officer/church member providing security)[6][7] |
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