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| Three dead in Colorado shootings | |
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| A gunman who shot at least five people in the car park of the New Life Church, Colorado Springs, has been killed by a security guard, police say. | |
| One person was killed in the shooting and several others were injured. | |
| In an earlier incident, also in Colorado, two people were killed and two injured by a gunman in a Denver missionary training centre. | In an earlier incident, also in Colorado, two people were killed and two injured by a gunman in a Denver missionary training centre. |
| Police have not yet determined whether the incidents - which happened some 70 miles (110km) apart - were linked. | Police have not yet determined whether the incidents - which happened some 70 miles (110km) apart - were linked. |
| Similar description | Similar description |
| The first shooting happened just after midnight, local time, at a dormitory in the Youth With a Mission centre, in the Denver suburb of Arvada. | The first shooting happened just after midnight, local time, at a dormitory in the Youth With a Mission centre, in the Denver suburb of Arvada. |
| Tiffany Johnson, 26, and Philip Crouse, 23, were killed and two men aged 22 and 23 were wounded, police said in a statement. | Tiffany Johnson, 26, and Philip Crouse, 23, were killed and two men aged 22 and 23 were wounded, police said in a statement. |
| Police said the description of the gunman in the second shooting was similar to the first - a white male wearing a dark hat and dark jacket. | Police said the description of the gunman in the second shooting was similar to the first - a white male wearing a dark hat and dark jacket. |
| The Youth With a Mission organisation is reported to have a small office on the New Life Church site. | |
| The New Life Church is one of the largest in Colorado, with a congregation of over 10,000. | The New Life Church is one of the largest in Colorado, with a congregation of over 10,000. |
| It was founded by Ted Haggard, who triggered controversy last year when a former male prostitute alleged Haggard had regularly paid to have sex with him over a three-year period. | It was founded by Ted Haggard, who triggered controversy last year when a former male prostitute alleged Haggard had regularly paid to have sex with him over a three-year period. |