US: 7 killed at Colorado birthday party shooting

In US, a man shot six people to death including his girlfriend before turning the gun on himself on Sunday at a birthday party in Colorado Springs, Colorado, sparing the children who were present inside a trailer at a mobile home park. "The suspect, a boyfriend of one of the female victims, drove to the residence, walked inside and began shooting people at the party before taking his own life," said a statement released by the Colorado Springs Police Department. "Friends, family, and children were gathered inside the trailer to celebrate when the shooting occurred," the statement said. A motive has yet to be determined. The shooting happened within the Canterbury Manufactured Home Community, a mobile home park of some 470 trailers and largely Latino residents on the southeast side of town, near the Colorado Springs airport, about 70 miles (110 km) south of Denver. The massacre was the latest in a resurgence of mass shootings in the United States after such occurrences seemed to recede during the height of coronavirus pandemic restrictions. The recent shootings have revived the gun control debate, with Democratic President Joe Biden calling them a "national embarrassment" and calling for new legislation from Congress.