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Flowers, candles, notes and different objects are left for taking pictures sufferer Danny Scofield exterior Fortunate 13 Tattoo and Physique Piercings on Dec. 29, 2021, in Lakewood. Scofield, 38, a tattoo artist on the store, was considered one of 5 victims killed throughout a taking pictures spree, that spanned two cities, Denver and Lakewood.
The gunman who killed 5 folks in a taking pictures rampage throughout Denver and Lakewood pleaded responsible almost a decade in the past to threatening two co-workers with a gun, however these prices have been dismissed after he accomplished probation and the case later was sealed.
Denver police arrested Lyndon McLeod on Feb. 2, 2012, after two males who labored with him at a medical marijuana warehouse in Denver stated McLeod deliberately ran into them after which pointed a gun at them, based on McLeod’s arrest affidavit. The boys stated McLeod advised them: “I do know my rights! You pushed me and I can put one in you!”
The boys satisfied McLeod to place his gun away and McLeod left, based on the affidavit.
McLeod pleaded responsible to felony menacing in April 2012 and accomplished two years of probation as a part of a deferred sentence. The cost was dismissed after he accomplished probation and in 2014 the case was sealed, blocking it from public view.
A Denver District Courtroom choose unsealed the case Jan. 14 after receiving petitions from information businesses. Colorado legislation permits the general public to request a sealed case be made public if circumstances surrounding the case have modified and “the general public curiosity in disclosure now outweighs the defendant’s curiosity in privateness.” 9News first reported the case had been unsealed.
A Lakewood police officer shot and killed McLeod on Dec. 27, ending his murderous rampage throughout Denver and Lakewood. McLeod killed 5 folks: Alicia Cardenas, Alyssa Gunn-Maldonado, Danny Scofield, Sarah Steck and Michael Swinyard. He additionally injured Gunn-Maldonado’s husband, Jimmy Maldonado, and the officer who killed him, Ashley Ferris.
McLeod knew most of his victims by a earlier tattoo enterprise and focused them, police have stated.
Denver police information present the division had a number of minor encounters with McLeod within the years earlier than the taking pictures. Police have been referred to as to this tackle no less than six occasions between 2012 and 2016 for home disturbances, welfare checks and alarms.
Police responded to his dwelling in 2015 for a report of a home disturbance. McLeod had tried to kick a accomplice out of the home and the argument escalated till a door was broken, based on an incident report from the time. Neither individual was injured and there have been no witnesses to the incident and police didn't pursue prices.
A German man in 2021 warned the Denver Police Division and the FBI that McLeod may commit a terrorist assault after studying his books and speaking with him on-line. McLeod’s self-published books described a personality named “Lyndon MacLeod” killing a number of the folks he killed throughout his Dec. 27 spree of violence.
The German man referred to as the books “an extremist right-wing manifesto and a terrorist prophecy.”
Denver police stated they investigated the tip after receiving it however couldn't hyperlink McLeod to the Denver tackle supplied within the tip and didn’t have any info that he was residing within the metropolis on the time.
A replica of McLeod’s hid carry software exhibits he utilized to hold hid weapons on Sept. 4, 2014 — a month after his felony menacing case was sealed.