A gunman fatally shot four employees at a pizza restaurant just after it closed, police said. A fifth was wounded - a dishwasher who was shot in the jaw and ran to nearby apartments to call police.
Police had not made any arrests this morning but said they were looking for a former employee described as a possible suspect.Aurora police spokeswoman Mary Schumacher said the Tuesday night shooting at the Chuck E Cheese's restaurant in a suburban Denver shopping center did not appear to be a robbery or gang-related.
"We are focusing the investigation on someone who had a vendetta," Schumacher said. It appeared the gunman may have known one or more of the victims, she said.
Margaret Kollberg, 50, who was in the restaurant office at the time of the shooting, died at the scene. Colleen O'Connor, 17, and 19-year-old Sylvia Crowell, 19, Benjamin Grant, 17, all died this morning.
Bobby Stephens, a 20-year-old dishwasher, fled after being shot and knocked on the doors of nearby apartments in an effort to alert police, Schumacher said. Stephens was in fair condition today.
Authorities said a shooting at a nearby home shortly before the pizza restaurant attack may be linked to the shooting.