The heavily armed man who killed himself from a potential mass shooting at a Colorado amusement park was a loner who was obsessed with “Call of Duty” but was not “dangerous,” according to his brother.
David Barajas Medina, 27, told NBC News that he doesn’t believe his 20-year-old brother, David Barajas Medina, meant to hurt anyone.
Diego has been identified by authorities as the man whose body was found in the women’s bathroom at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park Saturday next to a cryptic message scrawled on the wall that read: “I’m not a murderer, I just want to go into a cave.”
He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, Garfield County Coroner Robert Glassmire said.
“I don’t think he’s a dangerous person,” David said. “I’m not sure what he wants to do.”
The two brothers and their mother all shared a two-bedroom apartment in Carbondale, Colorado, where the younger Barajas Medina would stay up every night playing video games, his brother said.
Diego Barajas Medina, 20, may have planned a mass shooting in Colorado before deciding to kill himself.KETV
“He wouldn’t talk to any of us,” David said of his brother, whom he described as “a quiet person”.
The 20-year-old may be depressed, having lost his job at a Family Dollar store a year ago and struggling financially.
Diego resells items on Amazon to cover expenses but is behind on his share of the rent, his brother said.
He spends every night playing “Call of Duty” and goes to bed at 6 am
Barajs Medina’s body was found in the women’s bathroom at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park Saturday.KUSA
But despite his unconventional lifestyle, Diego “seems normal,” according to David.
Diego Barajas Medina apparently entered the amusement park at closing time, armed with an AR-style rifle, a semi-automatic handgun and explosives — both real and fake– and wearing the body armor and dark-colored tactical clothing typically worn by SWAT officers. .
His brother said Diego “always wanted to be a police officer” and had multiple guns and tactical vests.
Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario said Monday that there were no previous red flags indicating that Diego was planning an attack.
Officials said Barajas Medina, fully armed in tactical gear, had entered the park before it was opened to the public. AP
But Vallario pointed out that “given the set-up, given the amount of weapons and regulations he had, it seems very likely that he intended to use those weapons against the community. He chose not to.”
The weapon found in Barajas Medina was a ghost rifle, which had no serial number and could not be traced.
His clothing has patches and insignia similar to those worn by law enforcement officers.
Multiple improvised explosive devices were found in the vehicle used by Diego, police said.
Some of the IEDs turned out to be fake — including some made to look like grenades.
A search of Diego’s room, which he shared with his brother, found nothing indicative of explosives or bomb-making, and he had no known criminal history or previous encounters with police, the sheriff said.
A cryptic message that read in part, “I am not a murderer,” was found written on the bathroom wall next to Barajas Medina’s body.KDVR
David said investigators seized Medina’s cell phone, which he left at home, as well as a box under his bed that may have been used to store his weapons cache.
The FBI will help comb Medina’s phone records and social media posts as part of the investigation.
With Postal wire
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