Shooter’s behavior puzzles neighbors

Several neighbors of the shooter in Saturday’s killing of three innocent people in Colorado Springs said they still can’t believe it happened.

“I didn’t know him well,” said Teryl Lundquist, a former next door neighbor of the gunman, Noah Harpham. “But he was very likable.”

Lundquist lives directly across the street from Harpham’s apartment on Prospect Street. She shakes her head in disbelief at the the knowledge that he set his home on fire and shot three people before himself being killed by police.

“We chatted (last) Wednesday night,” Lundquist said. “He was so pleasant and offered to help if I needed anything. I saw him walk his dogs often. I’m very sad.”

An acquaintance of Harpham’s who asked to remain anonymous believes the victims were shot at random.

“They just happened to be the first three people he saw, unfortunately,” he said.

A steady stream of traffic drove down the street in front of Harpham’s apartment, curious about the scene.

Just outside the apartment, a makeshift memorial was growing. It’s in the area where Adam Myers, 25, was shot on his bicycle.

One man rode his bike to the scene to reflect.

“That could just have easily been me or anyone else,” he said.

But the memorial wasn’t just to remember Myers. Several handwritten notes contained apparent messages to Harpham.

“I’m sorry your life was cut short,” one message read. “I loved you, my neighbor.”

Another message read, “Prayers for the family.”