Denver, Feb. 6, 2013: Mother Shot Kids and Then Killed Herself

gatagato · #1 ● 02-06-2013, 02:12 PM

Police arrived at a duplex around 7 a.m. CT in the city’s Globeville section. A third child was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries.
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A woman and two children were found fatally shot in a northeast Denver home early Wednesday morning.

A third child was taken to Denver Health Medical Center and was wheeled out in a stretcher with unknown injuries, according to CBS 4 Denver. The child was listed in critical condition.

Emergency crews responded just before 7 a.m. CT to the duplex in the city’s Globeville section.

Police wouldn't immediately confirm the names or exact ages of those involved in the incident, although the children are believed to be younger than 10.

KMGH-TV
Denver police arrived to the scene at around 6:55 CT.
Denver Police Lt. Matt Murray said authorities weren't actively looking for possible suspects in the shooting.

"It appears to be an isolated incident. We are talking to people, we are now talking to witnesses, but we have no indication that there is a shooter out there on the loose in Denver," Murray told reporters.

The deaths may be part of a murder-suicide involving a mother and her children, according to Fox affiliate KDVR.

“I would ask that we all keep those involved — those that are going to be faced with this horrible tragedy — in our thoughts,” Denver Police Chief Robert White said at the scene.

KMGH-TV
Authorities are seen investigating the scene of a shooting in north Denver early Wednesday.
A neighbor, 21-year-old Rosalinda Bustillos, told the Denver Post that her father-in-law heard a gun go off around 5 a.m.

“Right after that a truck took off really fast,” Bustillos told the newspaper.

Another neighbor said the people who live in the home moved in about six months ago.

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UPDATE:
Denver police: Mother shot kids and then killed herself - The Denver Post

Mayra Perez's relatives learned Thursday what they had already feared: The northeast Denver woman shot her three children and then herself. What they might never know is why.

Denver police confirmed that Perez, 23, killed two of her children, critically wounded a third and then killed herself. Two-year-old Isabel Perez remains in a deep coma.

"What's done is done," said Perez's brother, Tony Nuñez. "Whatever reason drove her to this, it's going to be in God's hands. He'll be the judge of her. We have to focus our prayers and hopes on my little niece."

Nuñez spoke at a news conference at Denver Health Medical Center, where Isabel is being treated.

"We're working with our doctors to keep her supported at this point," said Dr. Claudia Kunrath of the hospital's Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

Isabel's father, Ricky Perez, spent Tuesday night at a friend's place after arguing with his wife.

Police said he returned home just before 7 a.m. Wed-nesday to find her body and those of her daughter, Nevaeh Morales, 4; and son Erick Perez, 1. Nevaeh suffered multiple gunshot wounds, while her mother and brother each died of a single gunshot, the Denver Medical Examiner's Office said.

Paramedics rushed Isabel from the family's home in the 4900 block of North Pearl Street. Ricky Perez told The Denver Post he had been by his daughter's bedside but was too distraught to comment further.

"He's the one who made the call to us," said Denver police major-crimes Cmdr. Ronald Saunier. "He's been very cooperative throughout this."

The commander offered few new glimpses into the attack Thursday, declining to discuss what evidence and any weapons detectives recovered.

Nor would Saunier say whether investigators had determined a motive for the killings, which stunned the woman's relatives and left neighbors to wonder about the seemingly happy family that walked their dog and rode their bikes around the block. A ribbon of yellow tape that blocked their access Wednesday was gone, allowing passers-by to peer into a yard strewn with children's toys.

Mayra Perez's relatives in Cunatillo, Texas, have said the couple sometimes quarreled, but they saw nothing in their recent interactions with her that gave them pause.

"I want to ask for a prayer to guide us through the hard times we're going through," Ricky Perez's cousin, Edgar Munoz, said at the news conference. Neither he nor Nuñez took reporters' questions.

A woman and two children were found dead in a Denver home Wednesday. One child was taken to a hospital. Irene Nuñez, a cousin, identified them as Mayra Perez, 23, her daughter, Nevaeh Morales, 2, and son, Erick Perez, 1. Daughter, Isabel, 2, is the survivor. (Courtesy of Irene Nuñez, The Denver Post)

A photo of two-year-old Isabel Perez made available to the media by her family.