Colorado Shooter Identified

The dead gunman from the shootings at the New Life Church in Colorado Springs has been identified as Matthew Murray. The two young ladies killed were sisters Stephanie and Rachel Works. Their father was also injured.

Brady Boyd, senior pastor at New Life, said today the plainclothes security guard who killed the intruder "was a real hero (who) probably saved 100 people."

The gunman "had enough ammunition on him to cause a lot of damage," Boyd told reporters outside the church.

The pastor said the unidentified, volunteer guard normally works as his personal security at worship services and was stationed in the rotunda.

He said she heard the initial gunshots outside and "rushed toward the attacker and took him down in the hallway" before he could get 50 feet inside.

But the man, described by witnesses as dressed in a dark overcoat and brandishing a large rifle, already had shot five people.

Boyd called the shootings "a senseless, random attack" by a man with no connection to his church.

He said New Life members are praying for the killer's family.

Colorado Springs police said Stephanie Works, 18, and Rachel Works, 16, died in the hail of bullets as New Life was emptying after Sunday worship.

Their father, David Works, 51, was hospitalized in fair condition today with two gunshot wounds.

Boyd said the family have been New Life members for about a year and a half.

Two others were treated for their wounds and released: Judy Purcell, 40, and Larry Bourbannais, 59.

ABC speculates the shootings at New Life and in Arvada may be linked.

The Denver Post says Murray hated Christians.

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