12/9/07
Gunman kills 2 at missionary training Center
CNN) -- A gunman opened fire Sunday in a training center for young Christian missionaries outside Denver, Colorado, killing two people and wounding two others, police said.
The lone gunman walked into Youth With a Mission, began shooting and then ran away, according to Susan Medina of the Arvada Police Department.
A man and a woman, both in their mid-20s, were killed, Medina said. Two men, ages 22 and 23, were wounded, but Medina would not provide their conditions.
One of the injured men was in critical condition, said Peter Iliyn, regional director for Youth with a Mission.
Peter Warren, the center's co-founder, said those killed were a woman from Minnesota and a man from Alaska.
"These kids were like our kids, you know?" he told CNN affiliate KUSA. "It's just such a tragedy."
The center was summoning the 80 or so people who live at the Arvada center to the mountain campus in Golden, near the Golden Gate Canyon State Park.
"We're just going to be honest and pray for one another and cry with one another," Warren told KUSA.
A memorial service for the two would likely be held Tuesday or Wednesday, Warren said.
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