On the evening of December 27, 2021, 35-year-old Alyssa Gunn Maldonado was killed in a shooting at Sol Tribe Custom Tattoo and Body Piercing in Denver, Colorado, where she worked. The shop’s owner, Alicia Cardenas, was also killed; Maldonado’s husband, Jimmy Maldonado, who worked there as well, was shot and seriously injured and survived.

The gunman, identified as 47-year-old Lyndon James McLeod, continued a multi-location rampage that evening, later killing three more people — Michael Swinyard, Daniel Scofield, and Sarah Steck — as the violence spread from Denver into Lakewood. Law enforcement reports noted McLeod had been investigated in 2020 and early 2021 but faced no charges; investigators also said he authored books under a pseudonym with a plot resembling the attacks.

The spree ended when Lakewood Police Agent Ashley Ferris engaged the shooter; Ferris was wounded but fatally shot McLeod at the scene. Did anyone who knew Alyssa or worked at Sol Tribe have memories or details to share about her and that night?