COLORADO SHOOTER MATHEW MURRAY: FAMILY ASKS FOR FORGIVENESS

Gunman's family asks for forgiveness
By Demetria Gallegos, The Denver Post
12/10/2007

The uncle of 24-year-old Matthew Murray choked with emotion as he read a statement on behalf of Murray's parents.

"Our family cannot express the magnitude of our grief for the victims and families of this tragedy," Phil Abeyta read at an early-evening press conference at the headquarters of Youth With a Mission, on the Faith Bible Chapel campus in Arvada.

"On behalf of our family and our son, we ask for forgiveness. We cannot understand why this happened," Abeyta read. "We ask for prayers for the victims and their families."

The family is cooperating fully with police, according to Abeyta.

He spoke just after the director of Youth With a Mission, a worldwide missionary-training program, confirmed that Murray was enrolled five years ago.

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